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    Extreme heat issues

    I live in northern California where we have many days of 100 degree weather in the summer months. We have had backyard chickens for over 10 years and learned a lot the first couple of years after losing a few of our girls from the heat. Fortunately there is a small window in their coop and we...
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    Peeling hardboiled eggs

    I am as skeptical as one can be when it comes to a suggestion about a new way of doing something, but this one was spot on. I have tried all the hacks of peeling eggs and they don't work as well as this one does. It is the next best thing to getting Lasik as being life changing for me. I...
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    Review by 'sbillmyer' in article 'Table Scraps and Leftovers for Chickens'

    Nice to be reminded of the dos and don'ts of table scraps. Our girls expect every time we let them out of their coop in the morning they run up to the house to see what leftovers from our dinner the night before. If we don't have anything, we see what we have in the refrigerator that can be...
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    Month Old Chicks Feather Loss

    We got 12 chicks a month ago and lost three in the first few days, but ever since then, all seem to be very healthy. Today was the first day we took them out to get some sun and noticed three of the chicks missing feathers on their backs. Over the last nine years we have had at least 30 chicks...
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    Call me crazy, but my one of my older hens is laying eggs.

    Thank you for. your reply. :thumbsup
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    Call me crazy, but my one of my older hens is laying eggs.

    Who knew old hens could lay eggs, let alone live to that age. Just amazing. Thank you for your response.
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    Call me crazy, but my one of my older hens is laying eggs.

    We have had hens for nine years. In our first flock we had three Barred Rocks, two Easter Eggers, Buff Orpingtons, and a couple of other breeds. I was thrilled with the Easter Eggers egg color so the following year we got one more along with a couple of other breeds. Well, over the last 5...
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    Broody girls?

    Our hens are a variety of breeds. Their ages range from 2 months to 8 years. Over the 8 years we have had chickens, we have had only a handful of broody hens out over thirty hens we have had over the years. We got a few last July so they are a little over 8 months old. One of them, a Silkie...
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    What am I . . .

    Here are some better pictures of Tinker. Tinker hasn't crowed for a couple of weeks but decided to crow about 5Xs in a row a few days ago. What I am think though is that Tinker is a layer because of how many small eggs we are getting. When I bought Tinker, I also got a Silkie. We are getting...
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    What am I . . .

    One of our hens we consider the matriarch, has crowed at times over the years, and since the crowing was so infrequent there were never any complaints. Our mama hen was one of three barred rocks we got in the first year we started having backyard chickens, 2013. Mama and her two "sisters"...
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    What am I . . .

    Thanks for all the help. I will take a better picture this weekend and post. He/she's name is Tinker since he/she is like a toy. I am hoping it isn't a rooster since the town where I live does not allow roosters. The bird is very cute and very sweet and has a lot of personality.
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    What am I . . .

    Can someone tell me what breed I am and how can I tell if I am a girl or a boy? I am six months old and crowed about 3 days last month, but I have been quiet since. I am a really nice bird and I don't show any aggressive behavior, but I just want to know what I am. And yes, that is me on the...
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