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    What Breed is Rooster..

    yes I have seen some red leakage in him, he also has the green in his tail, there is another one like him from the same hatch and he is prettier with the green tail feathers and more red leakage! I just wasnt sure if he might be other breed other than Barred Rock... THANKS!
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    What Breed is Rooster..

    wonder if you all could help me out and tell me what breed this roo is. He is 16 weeks old. hatched him and 5 others with a broody hen. Guy I got eggs from said 3 were RIR and 3 were Barred Rock. He ALMOST looks like a cross bettween RIR and BR...any thhoughts?
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    Gone Broody

    Ol Grey Mare so glad I found this thread and you comments!!! I have a hen that has gone broody, this is my first experience with it! (Fingers crossed) Anyway I do not have a roo so I am going tomorrow to buy some fertile eggs from someone I know and going to let her sit on them. I see that...
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    Weird and really random question about chickens sleeping.....

    YES when I got her I was a "newbie" still am but learning more every day!! but when I got her the lady said she was a welsummer...I did all kinds of research on that breed and was like COOL!!! Well, when she started laying I was REALLY confused..but I am told with her ear lobes and her comb she...
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    Weird and really random question about chickens sleeping.....

    no I thought she was but found out after she started laying WHITE eggs she is a Light Brown Leghorn!!! She is a beautiful bird for sure!
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    Weird and really random question about chickens sleeping.....

    So true! This is what I got for Antics today from Henrietta and Goldie, 2 of my 6 girls.... Henrietta in the wagon says "lets Roll"
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    Why does my chicken lay brown and white eggs?

    Ol Gray Mare...1 more thing to pick your brain.....Could it be possible since she just started laying that the 2 or 3 soft shelled eggs could have been hers??? I have only gotten 3 eggs (hard white shells) from her so far, and just before I got the first white egg (hard shell) that was when I...
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    Why does my chicken lay brown and white eggs?

    Well!!! That explains that!!!! thank you so much!!! Ya know I wanted to have a white layer but when I bought these girls the lady said she was a welsummer and she didnt have any white layers...Bet she is baffold too!! ...I guess she was going with the colors as I did as well!!! Thank you!
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    Why does my chicken lay brown and white eggs?

    Here is a couple shots of her.....her comb is big and floppy....and the "purple feathers on her back side is actually Blu-Kote cause the other hens are pulling her feathers, I think she is at the bottom of the pecking order..
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    Why does my chicken lay brown and white eggs?

    Ok....I know for 100% certainty that my welsummer is my one laying the white eggs...so now I wonder if she was the soft she'll layer and things are starting to fix themselves... I added vitamin supliment to their water and also they have a constant supply of crushed oyster shell. I am getting 5...
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    Why does my chicken lay brown and white eggs?

    I have been getting soft shelled eggs from one of my girls (I have 6) and yesterday I got a WHITE egg!!! WHAT???? I "think" it is from my Welsummer hen, she happens to be at the bottom of the pecking order and I wonder if the stress they are putting on her has done this! I have added a big dish...
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    What's the difference between feed and scratch

    yes you can feed them egg shells, but be sure to crush them up fine as to not give any indication to the chickens as to what they are you do not want to recognize the shells and have then start eating their own eggs to get that shell!! here is a link from BYC about it...
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    BREAD: To Feed or Not to Feed??

    I gave my 6 girls their first taste of bread (2 slices) tonight and WOW they went insane and 4 of them actually jumped up on my lap to get their taste. they are 5 months old and laying for 4 weeks
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    The Great Jumbo Egg Mystery

    I got a JUMBO 3.1 oz egg last week...it would not even fit in the egg carton!! I made some cookies last night and used that one thinking ok it will be a double yoker....NOPE....it was a TRIPLE It is from a new layers thinking possible one of my partridge rocks. that bowl is what they call a...
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    Egg Song! Glorious Egg Song!

    I know I squealed!!!! I still get excited!!!! My barred Rock is what I call a silent layer......she is the quietest layer....hardly here a "peep" out of her and she is back out of the nest and pecking and scratching with the rest of the girls!!! I got a BIG thrill today, I took an apple out...
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