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    Banty Eggs?

    Hi from Oregon! Our Japanese Bantam (which appears to be what you have from the photo) lays about 4-5 eggs per week and they look exactly like yours. I suspect you are correct and this is the hen leaving you prizes. Our eggs are almost exactly 2" long and a little under 1-1/2" in diameter, so...
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    Official BYC Poll: Why Do You Have Chickens - Select All That Apply

    Actually we don't. They own us!!! They wandered into our backyard after escaping from a neighbors barn, I threw them some sunflower seeds, and they never left. Now I guess they have become almost all of the above, but mostly pets and eggs. Art & Teri
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    Double yolkers

    Just curious... How did you reassemble the egg so nicely after cracking into the skillet!?! Only kidding. Congratulations and hope it continues. Art & Teri
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    chickens in a trees at night

    I'm curious about the breed? We have Japanese Bantams that would always prefer to roost in trees if not enclosed. They also fly quite well. Since we have lots of predators in our area, we just decided to keep them penned. Also, when I was growing up in SW Georgia, I was surrouded by chicken...
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    Fertile Bantam Hen -- How long?

    I have a Japanese Bantam who was exposed to roosters until about 3 months ago. Since then she has nested and raised a brood of nine chicks. She has just started laying again. Are these eggs likely to still be fertile? How long do eggs remain fertile after a rooster is removed from the hen...
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    Alternatives to wing clipping???

    O.K. We now know that our feral hen is a fairly well-bred Japanese Bantam. In doing a little research, what we see over and over is that they are excellent flyers. Duh!!! Like we didn't already know this! Is there anything, other than wing clipping or a totally enclosed run that will keep...
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    The verdict is in...

    O.K. Thanks to all. Guess we have a Japanese Bantam! The rooster was obviously not the same breed, so who knows what the chicks will look like? Thanks, Art & Teri
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    Do chickens sweat?

    Probably a dumb question from the Oregon newbies? Do chickens sweat? Yesterday it hit 100 degrees and we took a fan out to get some air movement around our hen and chicks. They hated it. They all got as far away as possible and let us know their lack of appreciation. As soon as we turned...
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    Breed Please? We need some help.

    The newbies from Oregon would like to know what our feral hen might be. We have looked at every photo of breeds, sub-varieties, etc. we can find but no match. We assume that this means we have some sort of hybride mutt? Huh? Hen: Size: small Age: young (I would guess about 8-9 months) Color...
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    Hen is terrorizing chicks at a little over 2 months

    Our feral hen (not really but that's another story) took up residency in our back yard a few months back. She had been around two roosters for at least a couple of months and promptly found a secluded nest spot on the ground, laid 11 eggs, and 9 chicks followed 20 days later. One chick met the...
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    More Newbies from Oregon

    Hi from Oregon's mid-valley. I retired several months ago and the same week, we had three feral (not really -- turns out they escaped from a new neighbor's barn) chickens show up in our backyard. I made the mistake of tossing some sunflower seed their way and they never left. We don't even...
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