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    Silver spangled hamburg comb not growing

    Just classic layer feed.
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    Silver spangled hamburg comb not growing

    Update on Pearl. She is laying. About 15 a month. Started laying almost a year after we got her. Small cute little white eggs. Her comb etc is not much larger, though. She looks about the same.
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    Lost first chook overnight

    Lost our first chook last night/this morning. I know many of you have been here, so will not go into that. But I wonder what happened. She, with others, had recently (the past weeks) stopped going into the coop at night. Others do. When a mild night I just let it be. Can't herd chickens!! But I...
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    Silver spangled hamburg comb not growing

    I thought I would chime in and ask those experienced. Here are pics of Pearl. She is one of the first 3 hens we bought in Dec 2020 (the other 2 are BantamX). This standing pic is from mid April, the sitting from the end of Aug 2021, and she looks the same. The seller said they were all laying...
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    Humongous Egg!!!!!

    Haven't cracked it yet. When I do, I will post! She still has not laid in a week now.
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    Humongous Egg!!!!!

    Wanted to update on my big egg from Barnie. Since then she has not laid any eggs. Five days now. Wonder if she is recouping from such a colossal effort??
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    Ended Official BYC Caption Contest 04-09-21 Pic by CHlCKEN

    Should I swipe right or left?
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    Humongous Egg!!!!!

    How funny - I just found a super large egg yesterday in the box, too. Powers of deduction say it is Barnie the Barnevelder, though almost twice the size. Well, I may be exaggerating. But still, really big! Don't think it is a new layer and the other 5 are definitely accounted for.
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    Recommendations for camera in the coop?

    We have a Ring set up as that is what we use at the house generally. We now have 5 cameras around the run and coop. We have a WiFi extender plugged into an outlet nearby and that gives a very good connection. Four of the cameras are zoned into that. The camera in the coop itself is solar...
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    Finding egg on coop floor

    Thanks heaps for this. I assume a new layer as I do not have any older hens. The oldest is Old Girl and this is her 2nd season (was injured and gifted with the pullets). She lays daily on clockwork. For me the egg was soft shelled, but my definition may be off!!
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    Finding egg on coop floor

    I have a compound question and am hoping you learned folk can help! This morning I found a very soft shelled egg on the coop floor under the roost. Two mornings ago I found a damaged hard shelled egg in a similar spot (and it was a double yolk). I have chook cams but can only make out a time...
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    clipped wings and they can't reach the roost??? Help

    My Hamburg was clipped when I got her (I was unaware). She has yet to roost, sleeps on the wood plank underneath. I will catch her looking longingly at the others on the roost (chook cam) but she can't figure it out. We have just made a ramp from the floor to the perches, hoping she figures that...
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    Does curiosity signal getting ready to lay?

    Thanks for that! Yes, some do squat down when I go to pet them. Yay! More eggs soon!!!
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    Does curiosity signal getting ready to lay?

    I don’t know to do that yet.
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    Does curiosity signal getting ready to lay?

    From my 9 chooks, 6 are not yet laying. I have noticed the last week or so a big curiosity in visiting the coop during the day and checking out the nesting boxes. Nothing is happening, but they go in, sometimes with a buddy, check it out, and leave. Could this mean they are getting ready to lay?
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