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Is it possible she's a guinea keet?

Totally wild guesses, but maybe Black Sumatra or Black Japanese?

Maybe white old english game bantams?

Gorgeous!!!

Definitely an EE and very adorable. Here were my 2 EEs when they were babies (and an Australorp) And here's the puffy cheeked one all grown up (after she laid her first egg).

I'd turn off the lamp and put an ice bottle in one end so they can cool off.

Check out this thread, a CT BYCer is selling white silkie eggs (I really wanted them but don't have an incubator yet). https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/638532/8-white-silkie-hatching-eggs-40-shipped#post_8585260

I took a quick look through the online zoning laws and it appears to say that farming is allowed as long as your property is greater than 5 acres. I didn't see anything specifically about poultry or even pets. However, Sturbridge has a permissive bylaw (if it isn't listed as permitted use, it...

6.16.060 Poultry location restrictions. No person shall keep poultry within one hundred feet of any residence or business establishment, except the residence or business establishment of the person owning or controlling the poultry. (Prior code § 4-4) Unfortunately it looks like you probably...

Awesome how many are you getting? I'm stopping by our TSC on the way home just to look...

Sec. 3-48. - Eligibility to keep certain animals. In order to keep any of the farm animals listed in section 3-47 of this article for educational purposes, the person responsible for the care and feeding of the animal or animals shall be enrolled as a student in a vocational agriculture course...

I'm not really looking for chicks...I may end up with some though ;-).

Does anyone know when the TSCs in CT will have chicks in? Specifically Farmington and Manchester. I asked in Farmington but the girl said vaguely 'in a couple weeks', that was a couple weeks ago...

Yes, just regular play sand from Lowes/Home Depot. We use it on our run as well.

http://www.rilin.state.ri.us/Statutes/TITLE2/2-23/INDEX.HTM Here is a link to the RI Right to Farm Act. You do not need a rooster to have eggs, you do need hens (which are not the chickens that crow). Hens can be loud though, especially right after they lay an egg.