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    How Many Eggs Did You Get Today?

    Four (out of seven.) Or three and a half if you go by size :). Two of the four Legbars have finally started back laying, one of the Queens, and dependable little bantam Cochin Helena has been laying almost daily.
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    How Many Eggs Did You Get Today?

    Two. Always two. Apparently two eggs a day is all I'm going to get from 7 hens. The two Queens have consistently been laying daily, all four of the Legbars are on strike. But now that little bantam cochin Helena has started laying one of the Queens has taken this as her cue to take a vacation...
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    I'm going on an adventure!

    Helena's first egg :) with one of the Queens' eggs for size comparison. I knew she was getting close, her comb and wattles had reddened and she was starting to explore corners and nest boxes. Of course she laid it in a corner and it's about the same color as the shavings. Hopefully she'll switch...
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    How Many Eggs Did You Get Today?

    Two brown eggs as per usual. At the moment my two accidental acquisition Cinnamon Queens pretty much each give me an egg every morning. On the other hand, I'm getting maybe one blue egg a week from one of the four Legbars. Not sure who's laying that although I suspect Rain.
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    Chat room for non religious poultry keepers! :D

    I didn't have any choice about waking up at midnight. The idiots with the fireworks saw to that. Poor Zeke spent most of the night under the bed, he's normally a very confident cat, but he's terrified of thunder and fireworks so has spent pretty much the last three days under the bed. He was a...
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    Chat room for non religious poultry keepers! :D

    That's Bastet (black,) and Memphis (orange tabby.) Yeah, Memphis didn't like Bastet invading his space and Bastet is an - odd - cat. She's never happy and only really likes her mom Pixie (the tuxedo with the collar) to whom she is extremely bonded. Meanwhile most of the time Pixie just wishes...
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    Frostbite vent

    Also, unless you've got them in a sealed space with a de-humidifer, it's impossible to remove all the humidity. For instance, at the moment according to Wunderground, Indianapolis, IN is hovering around 66% humidity. All you can do is mitigate it.
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    Heater or heat panel -10

    Found a study (which has citations to other studies for a deeper dive): https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10741227/#B7-animals-13-03824 And an extension service article: https://extension.umn.edu/small-scale-poultry/caring-chickens-cold-weather
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    🪶☕ the cochin café: Cochin Lovers’ Thread ☕🐔

    Yeah, I don't know for sure, but some prices I've noticed on decent show birds is going to be over $100 and probably closer to $200 - or more - depending on quality.
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    Is Greenfire farms trustable?

    What state? I suspect that there's more than one "Gregg county" in the country.
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    I'm going on an adventure!

    I've got this pic in another thread, but I'm pretty pleased with it so I wanted it to go here as well. This is Pippin at 6 months: He seems to have calmed down quite a bit since they've gone into the new coop, he's stopped challenging me at all. I haven't tried picking him up in a few days...
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    🪶☕ the cochin café: Cochin Lovers’ Thread ☕🐔

    Thanks! I just went out to check for eggs (going below freezing tonight,) and actually managed to get a halfway decent pic of him as he is now. I'd be very happy with this pic if not for the background. Interesting to see what difference a couple of months makes. Pippin is a black bantam cochin...
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    Chat room for non religious poultry keepers! :D

    Kinda depends on the breeds and what your goals are. A mix would be prettier, if you intend on breeding on down the line, purebreds seem to be at least somewhat easier as far as moving unwanted cockerels along.
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    🪶☕ the cochin café: Cochin Lovers’ Thread ☕🐔

    My understanding is that "pekin" is more a UK and commonwealth usage - what in the US would be a bantam cochin. Pippin at 12 weeks. I really need to get a more recent picture of him, he's 6.5 months now.
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    Pond heating??

    How deep is their pond? If it's deep enough, a submersible fountain pump might help depending on what kind of extreme cold we're talking about. The pump would keep the water moving from the bottom to the top and theoretically the water at the bottom of the pond would be warmer (relatively...
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