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    When do Wyandottes generally start laying?

    i have a 22 week old girl and she's singing the laying song but NO eggs......
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    Rhode Island Red age of laying

    i have four RIR....one started laying at 24 weeks (small eggs).....she lays everyday....the other 3 haven't started laying yet....hopefully any day now....
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    Laying chicken laid a tiny egg today

    cracked open the tiny blue egg----egg white with a faint yellow in the center....so weird!!!
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    Laying chicken laid a tiny egg today

    i'm going to crack it open and see what I find.....
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    Laying chicken laid a tiny egg today

    my easter egger who has always layed normal size eggs layed a tiny one today.....beautiful blue but it's about the size of a quarter......what are some reasons that this happens?????
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    What is killing my hens?

    i lost two of my chickens over the week-end and after researching and examing the evidence, I'm convinced it was a weisel...feathers everywhere inside the coop, head bitten off and left....they say a weisel can squeeze through a quarter size opening....Considering my hubby is out of town for a...
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    Pullet or Roo Plymouth Barred Rock

    thanks much for the info but i've decided to trade my BR roo plus a few bucks for a pullet....I purchased 6 baby chicks back in March and out of the 6 i had a rhode island red rooster and now this BR....I did trade the rhode island with a chicken man here in town for one of his young RIR pullets...
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    How to Tell a Fertile vs INfertile Egg (Pictures)

    if i want the eggs to hatch baby chicks, what do i do?
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    Pullet or Roo Plymouth Barred Rock

    i also noticed a small spur on the back of foot....looks like a roo....no crowing yet...thank goodness i live in the country and hardly anyone around to hear the crowing....hubby doesn't like the idea of mixing the breads...for some reason he wants all thoroughbreds.....i'm going to keep the roo...
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    Pullet or Roo Plymouth Barred Rock

    that's what i was afraid of....i really didn't want a roo but out of my 6 chickens, this is the only roo i have.....guess i'll keep him and have some mixed breed baby chicks....
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    Pullet or Roo Plymouth Barred Rock

    can someone look at all the pictures i've posted and make a prediction about this chicken (roo or pullet?)....thanks so much
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    Pullet or Roo Plymouth Barred Rock

    more pictures of this Plymouth Barred Rock...please someone tell me for sure if this is a roo or pullet....
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    Pullet or Roo Plymouth Barred Rock

    oh no....i hope not...i caught this barred rock trying to mount my older Easter Egger pullet today and that's when I began to question it....they say barred rock pullets have a slight black pigment to their feet and I notice this on this ones feet...but I'm so confused because he/she is getting...
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    Pullet or Roo Plymouth Barred Rock

    please tell me this 16 week old plymouth barred rock is a pullet......
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    My chickens STILL won't lay eggs in the nest boxes. Any suggestions?

    I have 6 chickens and 4 nesting boxes filled with pine shavings and colorful plastic easter eggs.....they go up the ladder into the coop and everyone of them lay in the first box....it is dark in the coop but it amazes me to go out in the mornings and find 3-4 eggs in the same nest...."go...
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