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    Ended Tell Us Your Funniest Chicken Story to Win Six Bags of Feed from Nutrena!

    Choices: I went out to the coop in the late morning with some leftover spagghetti from the night before. Love, my easter egger was in the box getting ready to lay. She came running out to see what was going on, then she ran back up the ladder toward the box, then looked back at the rest of...
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    Official BYC Poll - How Many Square Feet Per Chicken?

    about 5' per hen in the coop (including nest box) plus 20' per hen in the pen - all covered and enclosed due to rain and preditors (including my sweet dog).
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    First Egg Countdown

    5 down, 2 to go. My 26 wk old EE finally joined the "laying game". She had been going in the nest box for over a month. Standing there, looking under herself . Finally started squatting 2 weeks ago. I have now gotten 3 medium green eggs, every other day! Now I just have the 2 speckled...
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    Sick pullett, crop problem - URGENT

    It took a long time and for a while, it seemed like she had just given up, but I kept massaging it and trying to get her to eat anything with oil. She was so thin that It was just bones and feathers, but she pulled through . She has been eating more and has gained most of the weight back...
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    First Egg Countdown

    Quote: Okay, someone is "trying". There were 2 softshell eggs on the "poop board" under the roost. One was a little 'fart' egg and the other was full sized. The full sized one had a hole in one side and the "white" had leaked out, but it doesn't look like any of the hens tried eating it...
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    Is it okay to steal eggs from under a hen?

    I do. I also wear heavy leather gloves when I do it!
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    First Egg Countdown

    Okay. all of my girls are now 25 wks old The 2 Red Stars have been laying for over 3 weeks The 2 Delawares have been laying for about 3 weeks My EE has been checking out the nest boxes for over a month, has a nice red face but...no eggs, can't get close enough to see if she squats My 2 Speckled...
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    Do you use a chart or anything to keep up with your eggs?

    I use a frying pan to keep up with my eggs!
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    Speed = (Distance/Time) * Flapping Velocity?

    Are my chooks normal or nutty? YES!
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    How much light to provide as days get shorter?

    It was my understanding that it was better to add light in the morning so that it comes on about 12 hours before sunSET. Then the timer turns it off at sunRISE. Then they go to bed as it starts getting dark naturally and don't get caught milling around when the light goes off and leaves them...
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    Anyone here who won't eat cage eggs?!

    Me! I'm sure I get them in baked goods, but I prefer happy eggs from spoiled hens!
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    weird egg

    I don't eat them because I worry about bacteria getting in. I usually "crack" them over the dry dog food and am rewarded with much wagging of tails.
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    Got my first 2-toned egg

    oopps, ran out of paint
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    I officially own the most gender confused hen ever.

    I suspect that the pullet in question was probably laughing at her and made some inappropriate comment. This pullet was being taught the meaning of the phrase "madder than a wet hen".
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    Funky looking first egg. Concern?

    I don't eat any that don't have a solid shell, I just scramble them for the dogs or chickens for fear of bacteria that the shell would keep out. But no cause for concern, just a first time "error"
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