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    Large Blue & Green Eggs

    As AinaWGSD says above: Last spring we ordered 3 Sapphire Jewel chicks from Meyer's. They are now eight months and have been fun from the start (they look like stark white Ameraucanas). Each pullet reliably lays large light- blue eggs 6-7 times a week. You heard that right. They started...
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    What made you happy today?

    dawn is coming earlier and the birds are starting to sing
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    Pullet or cockerel?

    I'm also in for pullets rather than cockerels.
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    Question of the Day - Sunday, January 28th, 2024

    French. There are so many places where you can use it. Same for Spanish.
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    What to do when chickens age out of laying?

    When chicken people measure egg-laying capacity, they sometimes talk about "longevity of lay." This means that certain breeds of chickens may be more likely to lay regularly into their 5th, 6th, or 7th years. So if you raise these breeds, you might have better luck getting ladies that will lay...
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    hen (not broody or threatened) making sustained growling noise

    Update: by 9 PM last night she was all better. I’m so grateful for this forum. Thanks for all of you who responded.
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    hen (not broody or threatened) making sustained growling noise

    I didn't think of trying to look into her throat. Will do now.
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    hen (not broody or threatened) making sustained growling noise

    I've had her since she was a chick, and the rest of the brood have been with her since day 1. They are 26 weeks and in lay. She has no symptoms of respiratory issues. She's walking around foraging and meanwhile mooing and occasionally giving out a squeak or a hiccup. Interesting that she...
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    hen (not broody or threatened) making sustained growling noise

    Can anyone explain these growling noises? She's not broody, there aren't any threats, she has eaten anything weird today. Thanks for your help.
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    In case you need a laugh this morning 😆…….

    My grandfather used to say "Whistling girls and crowing hens Always come to bad ends." I'm one of those whistling girls, so I'm rooting for your hen. So far I have avoided the bad end thing!
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    brown leghorn laying green eggs?

    Isn't it great when you find out that you get Easter eggs instead of supermarket white?
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    brown leghorn laying green eggs?

    We have a brown leghorn, Bucket, who is 18 weeks, and has been laying small green eggs for a week and a half now. Of our 6 hens, she has been one of the first two to come into lay, and at first we thought the eggs were just freak "getting started" eggs. But now we have a bunch of them, and...
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    New nest boxes… help!

    We have been having the same problem. Dumped the artificial turf and switched to excelsior nesting pads. I don't know if these would work with rollout. Pullets love them because they can make their own big old dent in them, which seems to be a big part of the allure.
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    roo or hen (pullet or cockerel) and breed? HELP!

    Yep. He or she is not going anywhere until we know for sure. I've never heard of Sagitta chickens either. I'm leaning toward "poorly bred." ;-)
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    roo or hen (pullet or cockerel) and breed? HELP!

    Sagitta? That's what I get when I google "yellow legs" and "buff sussex" thanks for your input. I am so disappointed about Andy.
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