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    Breaking my Brood

    My EE has gone brood on me. I don't want anymore chickens and having her hatch one would make me want to keep it. Besides she hasn't laid in over a week and I like getting my 3 eggs a day (3 chickens = 3 eggs). I have heard some suggestions reading through the forums of how to break a brood...
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    White Eggs got me stumped - What really are my breeds?

    Carolyn - I got 2 eggs and have the 3 chickens. Both eggs are white. According to the breed section here my Production Red should lay brown eggs. So I'm thinking that either my Leghorn layed both of them within a 24 hour period or the EE and Leghorn layed one each. I'm a bit bummed if my EE is...
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    White Eggs got me stumped - What really are my breeds?

    M to the Maxx - thank you so much for the info. Is a production Red and a Red sexlink the same?? I'm totally happy with all my chickens regardless of breed, and happy I'm getting eggs. They are all very friendly and let you hold them etc. The EE is the least social but still is very nice...
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    White Eggs got me stumped - What really are my breeds?

    So I got my first 2 eggs this morning - yay! BUT.... they were both white. When we purchased the chicks we were told we had a Rhode Island White, a Red Sexlink and a EE. My supposive Rhode Island White looks nothing like the pictures here in the breed section. And it is my understanding that...
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    First Eggs - Color & Breed Question??

    Thank you! I will do that!
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    First Eggs - Color & Breed Question??

    I have always been under the impression that I purchased the following breeds. One Rhode Island White One Red Sex Link One EE I found my first 2 eggs this morning and both of them are white?? Not brown or blue... but white? According to the breed section on this site all of my breeds lay brown...
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    1st time chicken owner from N. CA

    We finally got our new baby chicks yesterday! They are doing great so far! Let me introduce you... All 3 chicks were flown in from Cameron, TX all the way to Brentwood, CA (Northern) Rhode Island White - "Lolie" (pronounced Loe-Lee) Red Sex Link - "Luna" Americauna a.k.a EE - "Mia" Our kids...
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    1st time chicken owner - what breed to buy

    Thank you ALL SO much for all your responses!! It is really helping me. I'm going to look into the Buff Orpingtons as well. There is another place to get chickens that is a little farther away but from what I hear they have a MUCH greater breed selection. Pegs_eggs - I didn't even think about...
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    1st time chicken owner - what breed to buy

    Thank you so much for the info new2chooks!! So far I think we are going to narrow it down to the Americaunas, Rhode Island White's and Red Sex Links for the kids to choose from. We are purchasing them at a place called Brentwood Feed & Pet Supply in Northern CA http://www.brentwoodfeed.net/ ...
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    1st time chicken owner - what breed to buy

    We are getting ready to go purchase 3 baby chicks this week. The breed's that are available to us are Americaunas, Rhode Island White's, Red Sex Links, Silver Laced Wyandotte's, and Barred Plymouth Rock's. We want high layers but also very friendly. These are for the purpose of supplying our...
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