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    Easter Egger has never laid an egg - now 14 months old

    One of our girls has yet to lay an egg. They are all now 14 months old. The other 3 have all been regular layers - even through winter. But nothing from this one ever. She is an Americana/Easter Egger. Will she ever lay, or is it time for her to visit the soup pot?
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    The absolute necessaries for baby chicks?

    We repurposed a plastic tub - $0 Pine shavings - $7 for 40 lbs of the stuff Clamp light from Home Depot - $7 Cost of keeping the heating lamp on for 24 hours a day - about 25c a day Feeder - made my own using a plastic screw top tub, about the size of a Coffee can, cut a hole in the side and...
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    Chicks in the bathtub....?!

    We have a complete bathroom in the basement that we never use, so as soon as our chicks are too big for the brooder, they'll be moving down there. Glad to hear it works well :)
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    Hi from CO

    We live very close to Frederick ;)
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    Chicken names?

    We have 4. We each named one of them: Gumbo a Light Brahma named by my husband. Noodle also a Light Brahma, short for Chicken Noodle Soup, named by my 5 yr old daughter Marigold an EE, named by my 7 yr old daughter Petunia an EE, named by me.
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    Hi from CO

    Hi Everyone I'm a brand new mom to 4 baby chicks - 2 Light Brahmas and 2 Araucanas (I think they're probably Easter Eggers though). We also have a leopard gecko, a dog, a cat, and a fish. Apparently my 2 daughters like animals or something. We live in CO near Longmont. We are on a huge...
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