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She's four. She's always laid eggs the same size as the green egg next to it. The green egg was laid by our banty EE.

Found these four eggs in the nest boxes yesterday. Our sweet little banty sebright, Nelly's eggs are shrinking. Here's the chicken who laid the tiny egg...

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I have five hens and only two nest boxes. It hasn't been a problem until recently when one of my young barred rocks decided to start laying in the garden under a tomato plant. She had been laying there for six days before I figured it out. I put an egg in the nest box and left it there for a few...

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"Don't look at me, I'm hideous!" This is Nelly, our 3-year-old banty buff sebright hen in September 2010.

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Hahahaha... that was my first thought too. Any others?

These are our two barred rock hens, Lucy and Ethel... Sweetest girls ever!

Quote: Thanks! I took the studio image of Lucy and Ethel when they were wee ones with my 50D. The others were shot with my Rebel XTi. Chickens are easiest to shoot under studio lights, they usually stand pretty still... well, most of the time.

Our barred rocks, Lucy and Ethel, started laying... not sure which one laid this first egg. You can read about their antics on my blog (PortlandPeeps.blogspot.com). They're living up to their namesakes. Lucy and Ethel at 5 days old... Lucy at 6 months old... Ethel at 6 months old...

maybe she/he's a banty?

Nice!

Most important thing with any high-energy dog... LOTS of exercise! A tired dog is a good dog!