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    Leaving eggs on the counter

    Interesting! Thanks!
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    Leaving eggs on the counter

    No, it's never above 80 in the house, even during the warmest months, thanks to having an old farmhouse. :D
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    Leaving eggs on the counter

    Thanks for your reply - yes, same here - eggs don't last long, anyway! My head knows it's fine, but I was still questioning whether it's ok, lol!
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    Who has a problem peeling boiled eggs?

    I always add a bit of baking soda to the boiling water and they peel a LOT easier!! :) Leaving them in the fridge for a couple weeks (or on the counter for a few days or so) helps too.
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    Leaving eggs on the counter

    I typically will leave eggs on the counter, up to 2 weeks at a time (this works well for making hard boiled eggs, so I've noticed in my research!) - Now that we have roosters and the eggs are (hopefully) fertile, does that have any impact on leaving them on the counter rather than refrigerating...
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    Wanting more input. Hens or Roosters?

    I'm pretty sure that the first one is not a BO... she looks darker. Your last one definitely looks like a possible roo!
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    pullet or cockerel New Hampshire Red

    Thank you, I didn't know how they could be sex link!!
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    pullet or cockerel New Hampshire Red

    How are they sex link? (Feels stupid asking, lol) I'm thinking all 3 of mine are pullets, this one is the biggest of the 3, but I didn't know if they develop compared to BO's - here are a couple pics of my 4 week old BO's that are (IMO) cockerel's -
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    Buff Orpington's?

    Update - they're New Hampshire Reds. The hatchery admitted to messing up and refunded the money for the 3 that aren't BO's. We decided to keep them for now. :)
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    pullet or cockerel New Hampshire Red

    4 weeks old - Thank you! :D
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    Buff Orpington's?

    We still have at least 6 pullets - and we didn't even need more of them - we just wanted a couple roosters and ended up getting 14. So, we're up to 40 total, lol! We want to breed BO's so we won't have to buy more - but thank you for that link!! :)
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    Buff Orpington's?

    We definitely don't want more than what we currently have but I intend on asking for our money back from the at least 3 that are not BO's - here's another picture of them all. The three that are not BO's have a lot more developed feathering/tail feathers. I don't know what I'm going to do with...
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    Buff Orpington's?

    I'd rather not say until I know for sure what I want to do - as we were very specific in what we wanted - and I understand that sexing breeds may be more difficult - I have at least 3 of the 14 that are NOT BO's and at least 1 of the pullets that's a cockerel (so rather than 10 pullets, 5...
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    Buff Orpington's?

    That's what I was thinking too. :( I'm very disappointed in this hatchery!! I wish we had ordered from Murray McMurray again!! :(
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    Buff Orpington's?

    I have 26 nearly year old pullets, all BO's. We ordered 15 more BO's from a nearby hatchery - 5 boys, 10 girls (1 died shortly after we got them) they're currently 3 weeks old and I'm not sure if they are all BO's. . Your thoughts? Maybe we have more boys than girls and that's why the...
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