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    Not Sure What We Have!

    I have never had a chicken with black skin...the woman who gave these babies to us didn't mention having Silkies...should be interesting. They are goofy looking chicks and oh so cute! Thank you for your input!! Today, they are looking like awkward teenagers. lol
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    Not Sure What We Have!

    I would appreciate hearing your thoughts on what breed of chickens we have. Our new little ones are about 3.5 weeks old and hatched at the same time. The lady we got them from is not sure what eggs she put into the incubator, so we have no idea what breed they are. For hatching at the same time...
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    Double and Triple Yolkers....First Eggs

    It is crazy! One more double this past weekend. Today, the Jersey Giant laid 2 eggs again. One of them was almost completely round and smaller than the rest. It is fun to crack the eggs and see the doubles!
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    Double and Triple Yolkers....First Eggs

    We have had our backyard chickens for three years. The first flock of four hens started laying at about 5 months old. They had tiny eggs at first, as usual. Some of the first eggs our girls laid were soft, some having no shell. It took awhile before they were laying consistently and for their...
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    First egg!

    It is exciting when your little chicks are all grown and laying eggs! We are seeing our first eggs from our 24 week old babies; 2 Cuckoo Marans and one Blue Jersey Giant. Two weeks ago, one of our Cuckoos laid double yolkers, two days in a row...her first eggs! After that, they have been the...
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    Do you think chickens know, instinctively, that they are going to lay a soft shell egg

    We are new to caring for chickens. One of our hens, the Colombian Wyandotte, has laid quite a few soft eggs since the laying began a couple months ago. Today, I noticed she was acting strangely, standing still and as if in labor. I watched and waited and she finally passed a soft egg in the run...
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    Post Your First Egg of 2016!!!

    August 28 the first egg finally arrived, thanks to LuLu, one of our EEs.
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    Tahuya Chicken Lovers

    Hello...we are happy to be in the chicken world again! My mom and I used to take care of Grama's chickens many years ago, but having our own is new. Six weeks ago, we brought home four sweet chicks; two Easter Eggers, Lu Lu and Katsu (my husband's idea for a name, Japanese for cutlet),a...
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