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    About to place late winter/ early spring order - help on which type

    I second the Americauna suggestion! Love my Ameraucana girls. Those cheeks tho!! Never gone broody and pretty blue eggs. Very friendly and want to cuddle.
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    Is overall health tied to breed?

    I've been wondering this same thing after experiencing many issues with my two Prairie Bluebell Eggers. One got a weird tumor that required surgical removal but hasn't gone away... she's still alive and laying but she's only 9 months old so no idea what the future holds for her. Her sister had...
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    When did your golden comets start to lay?

    That's a really good observation, I hadn't noticed before but looking back i think you are 💯 right on the money with this. I've experienced this as well but never really paid attention enough to put into words, but this explains a lot.
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    Weird sleeping behaviour

    Mine do this when they moult as well. They don't seem to want anyone to touch them when they are all prickly, much less be pecked or jostled as part of the usual night routine, and the best spot to avoid that is the nest boxes. I usually just let them go in to avoid stress... then after dark i...
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    When did your golden comets start to lay?

    I came here to see if I could find out when golden comets will resume egg laying 😆 but I stayed for the fun/comedy LOL. My GC has had 1 season, first egg at about 17 weeks old...started her moult at the end of July, so we haven't had an egg from her since then. Before she moulted at the end of...
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    Veggies

    Oh my gosh yes... I've lived in the desert and in Alaska, where the growing season lasted 2 months but enjoyed 24ish hours of sun... it's been quite the learning experience trying to grow things in both extremes! I'm still wondering how people keep chickens alive in those temperatures though...
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    Adding light to coop in morning

    That's brilliant! Love your set up. It's a really nice coop.
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    Adding light to coop in morning

    I'm curious how rapidly this will effect them- keep us updated on your experiment 🤔!!
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    Adding light to coop in morning

    They stopped for about 4 months I think. Hopefully that is a long enough break...
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    Adding light to coop in morning

    Oh my goodness...I think I might have accidentally triggered my girls to start laying early. I had an accident and hurt myself pretty badly due to it being so dark so I installed a night light, a small LED strip, about 3 weeks ago so I wouldn't trip over things again while doing evening chores...
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    X-Ray Egg What the heck

    Bad news. The vet said she didn't make it. Her heart stopped while she was in recovery and they couldn't get it restarted. Thank you for all the info. I never knew there were so many egg oddities possible. I'm learning something new every day.
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    X-Ray Egg What the heck

    Oh. You're probably right about the malformed egg since she's so young... I thought the term was interchangeable. Whoops. I've only had chickens for 4 years and on days like this i feel i don't know anything... I'll ask the vet about those options when she gets out of surgery, hopefully in an...
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    X-Ray Egg What the heck

    She's only been laying for about 2 months. She had a couple lash eggs, an egg binding incident once... with the rest being normal until now.
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    X-Ray Egg What the heck

    Is it a one off thing or is it a chronic issue? Tryng to decide if we should stop her from laying anymore eggs...
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    X-Ray Egg What the heck

    This is my 8 month old Prairie Bluebell Egger. She's in emergency surgery right now. Anyone else seen this before? I didn't know this could happen...
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