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    The Egg Anomalies Thread

    Hello all! Just got a strange egg this evening. Normally I get brown eggs from my MM Marans, but today I got one that seems to be brown but with a white bloom. You can see the scratches in the bloom a little bit. I'm used to some variation but this was new. Should I be concerned? The chickens...
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    hey chicken lovers!

    Welcome to BYC! It's great to have you. There's lots of fun articles here to read and I love looking at pictures of other people's chickens!
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    Cackle “Chocolate Eggers”

    Did they know the gender? If they're sex linked they'll probably be the majesty maran, with a light dot on the top their head iirc. If the chick is all black it's probably a different maran. Pure black copper Marans are also a little harder to come by in general
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    6 month old Pullet stopped laying

    Thank you everyone for your responses! To answer some questions: - they get limestone as calcium supplement - she's not laying somewhere else (not free range) - I live further south, and this started in September, and none of the other pullets have changed their laying habits, so I don't think...
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    6 month old Pullet stopped laying

    Hello all! I know questions like this are pretty common but I still wanted to ask in my own way. I have 6 pullets. 2 EEs I bought in March, other 4 (OE and 3 Marans) were bought in late May. They were separate until late September when I managed to integrate them successfully. Up until that...
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    Ended Official BYC Coop Page Contest #15

    Thank you so much! I got a real kick out of reading yours as well. Just today I was doing some pythagorean math for another project and realized that for the coop I'd been using the formula wrong :barnie I would love to see what you end up doing for the siding! On that topic I will note that...
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    Ended Official BYC Coop Page Contest #15

    Thank you so much! It's been so fun to see everyone's coops!
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    Bay Area BYCers!

    When I was trying to rehome a rooster I had some success posting on Facebook, there are several groups just for rehoming roosters in the Bay area and NorCal
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    2 week old Chicks not using heat at night

    I appreciate the advice! I ended up solving it by turning down the heat on their heat pad slightly, didn't have any issues after that.
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    Ended Official BYC Coop Page Contest #15

    Here's my "Just a Chicken Coop" article! https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/just-a-chicken-coop.80098/
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    SF Bay area - sweet 10 wk old Easter Egger Cockerel

    Oh, yes I did! Thanks for reminding me
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    Bay Area BYCers!

    "According to the bill, it does not apply to a person who keeps or raises roosters for the purpose of food production, a public or private school registered with the state, a government-operated animal shelter, a nonprofit animal welfare organization or the Future Farmers of America or the State...
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    8 wk old Easter eggers

    I agree! I've got some young EEs and this was really the tip off that I had a Cockerel. This photo is of Kuro, my one Cockerel. You can see he's got much different coloring front to back, bigger comb, and if you look closely he's got red on his wings. I think the crucial point was the red came...
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    SF Bay area - sweet 10 wk old Easter Egger Cockerel

    Hello all! I have a sweet 10 wk old Easter Egger Cockerel named Kuro. He's already a good leader looking out for the pullets I've got, and I think he's pretty to boot. I'd keep him but I can't have a rooster in the city so he's got to go. If I can't rehome him before he starts crowing he's...
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    Hello

    Welcome! Good to have you!
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