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    Who else is waiting for that first egg?

    congrats to everyone on your eggs! Our white leghorn (about 20ish weeks) laid her first egg two days ago and another one today. Still no more little brown eggs though... can't wait to start getting eggs consistently!
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    Erratic egg-laying?? Help!

    thanks everyone! I am just going to be patient for now. Our white leghorn started laying 3 days ago and has laid every day (all in the nest boxes, which have fake eggs in them), but still no more brown eggs from the RIRs. We're going to start keeping all the hens them in the coop/run until...
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    When will my rhode island reds start laying?

    Hi everyone! So I have 2 RIR and a white leghorn about 21 weeks old ready to lay - big, bright combs and wattles and doing the squat. Last week we got our first little brown egg, yay! But... that was it. It's been 10 days. My white leghorn started laying 3 days ago and has laid an egg a day, but...
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    Erratic egg-laying?? Help!

    anyone? I'm just looking for some reassurance. I don't mind that we're not getting more eggs, just worried that it might be something I am doing or not doing. I just want my hens to be happy and healthy!
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    Erratic egg-laying?? Help!

    So I have 5 pullets, and three are ready to lay any day (two RIR and a white leghorn). A week ago we got our first egg - yay! A little brown one, so I know it was from one of the RIR. But... that was it. It's been 6 days and there has been NOTHING else. Is this normal? My kids and I have scoured...
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    Who else is waiting for that first egg?

    Yes, the "sure signs" that chickens are getting ready to lay are that their combs and wattles will get big and bright red, and they will start doing the "submissive squat". My girls haven't been doing the squat, but their combs and wattles have been big and red for a few weeks, and today we got...
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    Who else is waiting for that first egg?

    I just posted yesterday that the anticipation was killing me, but today was the day! Our first egg!! Here is some info for other anticipaters: this is from our 18ish week old Rhode Island Red. Her comb and wattle have been big and red for about 3-4 weeks. No squatting (I checked them all...
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    Who else is waiting for that first egg?

    I have 5, 18 week old pullets but no eggs. My two Rhode island reds have big, bright red combs and wattles, have for a couple weeks, but nothing yet. I have fake eggs in the nest boxes and check everyday, I want eggs so bad! I'll be furious if I don't get any in the next month, lol
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    Roosts and ramps - help!!

    Yes, that's what we have on our ramp. I said pegs but I meant steps like that. :-) It's a steeper ramp though, because it comes up through the floor of the coop. I'll take a picture tomorrow and post it.
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    Roosts and ramps - help!!

    New chicken mama here! I just moved my 5-to-7-weeks-old chicks out to their coop/run a couple days ago and so far, so good. But I've noticed a couple things that I wanted some input on. 1. I'm noticing that they have a hard time getting up/down the ramp from the coop to the run, even with pegs...
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    Questions from a newbie

    Hi all! New chicken mama here with a bunch of questions. I've tried searching out the answers on my own but haven't had much luck. Maybe you can help me out! In a nutshell: I have 5 chicks, three are about 6/7 weeks old and fully feathered, two are about 5 weeks old (one is fully feathered...
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    How tall should I make the nest boxes?

    great, thanks everyone!
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    How tall should I make the nest boxes?

    Hi all! I'm in the process of building our coop and I'm wondering how tall I should build the nest boxes. They will be about 16" wide and 16" deep. Should I make them 16" tall as well? Is a 12" height too low?
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    Utah!

    Sounds like we are in the same boat, haha. Whereabouts are you? I'm in north Utah County. It was so nice last week, but the threat of snow this week is messing up my plans.
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    Utah!

    Hi everyone! I'm new to Utah and new to raising chickens so hopefully you can help a girl out. :-) I'm kind of paranoid about sending my pullets out into the coop right now with the weather we've been having... 3 are fully feathered and two are 3/4 there (feather picking and pecking aren't...
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