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    Western PA Chickens Our six little chicks are getting big fast. We just moved them int o the coop this week at 5 weeks old. They love it! Here are some random pics from age 2 days to 5 weeks, the coop, and the kids. We converted an old shed/ playhouse into a coop. Didn't take much to do...
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    Help, they're picking on me.

    Sorry. No changes whatsoever. No rooster. We are in western Pennsylvania. it has been very hot the last week or so. the damage is (I'm told) near her tail. We feed them the same thing we have always fed them. Poultry layer feed from TSC. Maybey in the next day or so I can get a picture on here...
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    Help, they're picking on me.

    I havn't been on here in a long time. Mainly b/c things have been going quite well. We have six RSL's and they have not given us two much trouble. They are just over a year old all hens. My wife noticed over the past couple days that they seem to be picking on the smallest one. They are literaly...
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    How Many Eggs Did You Get Today?

    We are getting 5 or usually 6 eggs from 6 RSL's a day. Very happy w/ our results.
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    Big Egg

    We got two of those. They were double yokes. Then no more since then. That was about a month ago.
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    Timing between first and second egg

    Quote: Same thing happened w/ my second RSL that started laying. Got an egg last Sunday, didn't get another one until yester day.
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    anyone have pictures of there red sex link chickens at 16 weeks of age

    I have six RSL. These are our first chickens. We were not expecting eggs until 18-22 weeks, but this week on of them started to lay an egg. They are 15 weeks old. We are getting one egg every other day for the past six days.
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    shredded paper for bedding

    I was wondering the same thing. I have shredded paper redily available to me, but have been hesitant to use it. My concern has been that the hens would eat it, as they already peck at the wood chips, and get sick from the ink on the paper. ?????
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    do i need to put something in the nest?

    We got our first egg today. Wasn't expexting it until next month. Guess I'm building nesting boxes tonight. Do I need to put something in the bottom of them? Like straw? I'm thinking about using two milk crates turned on their side.
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    first egg

    Me too, and i wasn't expecting it to happen for another month at least.
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    Scratch and grit?

    Our 6 hens are about 10 weeks old. we are still feeding them the grower food from TSC. when do we switch to the layer feed? Can they have scratch? Is grit something they need? or does it just depend on what they are being fed. The only treats we give them are crackers, graham crackers and greens...
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    confused about nesting box.

    Thank you sooooo much. I was about to build 6 boxes and that would of taken up way too much room. Thanks for clearing up the confusion.
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    confused about nesting box.

    O.K. I didn't know if I should post this here or in the coop design section. I am confused about nesting box. I have 6 hens. I have their coop and run built and they are in it now. I need to get busy and build the nesting box. I read somewhere on BYC that for each four chickens you need 1 box. ...
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    how long do they lay eggs?

    Thanks for all the answers everyone. As far as where I live it's in Pennsylvania. Gets pretty cold and nast in our particular area too. People around here just say that they will stop laying in the winter, but I wondered if i could keep that from happening by keeping it warm enough in the coop.
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    Nesting boxes idea: Will this work?

    I'll be interested in seeing if this works out for you. Post a pic when you get them built if you can. I am currently working on my coop, and am looking for ideas.
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