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  MoonMoon

• Jan 2, 2025

Studies/pictures of my wyandotte, just because I can

In case she died and I lose my phone data, I believe this site will hold up her memory.

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  MoonMoon

• Dec 29, 2024

13 eggs from 19 hens, in the middle of winter, 8 hours of daily sun, while I suspect everyone have coryza, and they breathe raspily like a grandma who had 30 packs of cigarettes, and they free range in the frozen weather. I don’t get it. And they don't lay smack in summer, when it was still super hot(hot enough chicks didn’t need incubator)
I don’t get it.

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  MoonMoon

• Dec 25, 2024

So...this is happening.

Sadly, a chicken has finally, truly, got sick. Her sister is still active, but this one is lethargic and barely can eat. She may not make it...we’ll see. Currently, I’ve put her indoors because it’s very windy and cold out but everyone but Shadow here is fine...ish.(Some had pasty butt, I’ve been trying to resolve that by switching feed)

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  MoonMoon

• Dec 21, 2024

Eggs. So far 9 per day for 20 hens/pullets. Not bad for winter, though they laid later than expected(expected laying 5 weeks after purchase and it had been 15 weeks at least.)

For 8 hours of daylight, not bad.

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  MoonMoon

• Nov 15, 2024

Cracked 9 eggs today, 8/9 is definitely fertile, only the deformed, huge one with giant yolk was hard to tell. So the rooster have been doing his job very well even in winter.

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  MoonMoon

• Nov 8, 2024

Got 6 eggs yesterday! Had been going home late so I collect eggs late and the day kept getting shorter and darker, tsk.

2 cream, 1 white(from Sunny), 3 brown(From the Reds)

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  MoonMoon

• Nov 7, 2024

First time getting cream eggs this week! My pullets is starting to lay(suspecting tricolors or Wyandottes)

Previous daily yield: 2-4 eggs. Currently:3-5.

Note to self: My Wyandottes also make unique vocalizations. Remember that. Sounds like whining.

Another picture of the tricolor duo.

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  MoonMoon

• Nov 3, 2024

Note to myself: My wyandottes’ tail feathers are very wavy, thin and the feather curled downward like a crescent. None of the other chickens’ feathers do that. Their hackle feather is also very poofy and airy. But the rest of the feather (body)is tighter and less downy than the other chickens. From what I’ve seen, not all Wyandotte is like that, so it maybe an unique region standard.