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My vet recommended the no crow collar because it's like a dog collar. That's the way he described it. You can't put it on too tight or of course it's going to kill them. I make sure there's a little room and that they can still eat. It is meant prevent them from getting a good deep breath that's...

I have a duccle, about 5 months old. He was kicked out of two homes because the chickens all picked on him and did not like him. I had him since 2 months old. He only crows every couple days. Never too early in the morning. On the days he does crow, he only crows a couple times. Usually when he...

I love my Jersey Giant. She's very chill and laid-back. Likes to sit on my lap for a good wattle rub. She's not aggressive in the least. She will just give my other one the evil eye until they back off. Maybe a peck for good measure but doesn't hurt them or actually touch them. She is great...

This is my rose. She is about 6 months old. She just started laying a few weeks ago. This was a picture of the first egg and the 6th they got the end of the first week. I had no idea they laid this much! She lays almost one a day, about 6 a week. She loves to lay her eggs in this dog bed. She...

I just bought a bag of crumble, Nutrina. It was $21 at the local feed store by me.

How many eggs do Jersey Giants lay normally in the first week? My 5 month old Jersey Giant just started laying eggs last Monday. I have six eggs so far. She's only missed one day. I had no idea they laid this much! She's an inside/outside pet. The lightest one on the left in the picture was the...

Yes the first egg was lighter the rest have been darker. She started laying last Monday and I have six eggs so far, in one week!

I had a friend who faced off with the city and won. I think it was the city I'll have to check it may have been the HOA. A neighbor turned her in. She ended up winning and they grandfathered her in for the animals.

In doing some research online if you buy them from a hatchery they tend to lay sooner it says.

The egg today is a different color. I didn't expect her to lay 2 days in a row.

I had heard that because they take 2 years to mature that they start laying later. They're slow to mature, this breed. They get their height the first year and then they bulk up the second year. She is a hatchery chicken and not from a breeder so maybe that makes a difference.

@mydaisy Interesting! I know the local farm and feed store said they got her from a hatchery. I looked them up online. They said they were black Jersey Giants but who knows. It was my understanding that the eyes could be orange or brown. At 5 months old she's already the size of a normal chicken...

My 5-month-old Jersey Giant hen just started to lay eggs. I was surprised because I thought it would be more towards 10 or 11 months. I heard that her waddle would get brighter red right before she lays and you can tell by the picture it did. She layed one yesterday for the first time and then...

Here's a picture of Miss CeeCee, which yes, I think is a Roo so we'll have to change her name darn it. She is 3 months old and I've only heard her make a noise similar to a crow a couple of times. She is bonding to my newest one, a blue australorp. They are outside and inside pets. They roost...

She laid her first egg this morning! Yeah!