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    Chicken Names- whats your chickens name?

    Buff orpington: Buffy (super original, I know) Speckled Sussex: Henrietta Golden Laced Wyandotte: Lady (because her feathers look like formal wear) White/wheaten Easter Egger: Jean Grey Gray/brown Easter Egger: Storm
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    Can pullets go broody after less than a week of laying??

    I had no idea! It does seem to take her a while to get the egg out each time, a good 15-30 minutes. Does it typically take this long or does it get easier for them as they get older? Should I just leave her be in the nest as long as she wants afterward to recover? I feel bad for shooing her...
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    Can pullets go broody after less than a week of laying??

    I have a 19-week old speckled sussex who has been laying for less than a week (4 eggs total). For the last two eggs she's been hanging out in the nest box after she finished laying and leaving only when I shoo her out. Both times I saw her starting the process and came back to collect the egg...
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    Post your FIRST EGG pics!

    Got this cute little thing from Henrietta, our Speckled Sussex, on her 18-week birthday. Happy birthday to US!
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    Utah!

    Hi all, just joined BYC and wanted to introduce myself. I'm in Saratoga Springs. We bought our first house a year ago and got our first flock of 5 hens this March, and just last week we got our first two eggs!
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    Hi!

    Hi all! I've been scouring the interwebs for years on how to raise backyard chickens and was finally able to get my own flock of 5 this past March. We have a Golden Laced Wyandotte, a Buff Orpington, a Speckled Sussex, and two Easter Eggers. The sussex and one of the EEs just started laying...
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