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    1st Egg - 9 1/2 Months

    My 3 hens were hatched 5/9/09. My BO started laying a few months ago and my Aracuana laid her 1st green egg today. My partridge rock also laid her 1st egg this week. They must be sensing spring is in the air! It's funny, but not, that a few days ago I could have sworn my Aracuana had gape...
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    Growth vs. Layer Feed

    This is why I love this group! Second guessing myself, I was ready to run to the feed store at the crack of dawn for some growth formula. Now I can just calm down and rest assured I am doing the right thing. Where else could I get answers to my questions in a matter of minutes. Now I can...
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    Growth vs. Layer Feed

    My hens are 26 weeks old and I switched them from grower to layer feed at 20 weeks. They are still not laying and I am wondering if I should put them back on growth until they atart laying. Thanks for your input, Sandy
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    Public Hearing on ordinance change

    I am not sure if this will help, but this is being used here locally to get the laws changed in the City of Montgomery, OH. http://www.scribd.com/doc/16509728/Changing-Your-Citys-Chicken-Laws?from_email_04_friend_send=1
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    23 weeks old... still nothing.

    I hear you LOUD AND CLEAR! My girls were 23 weeks this past Saturday and not a darn egg. I refuse to by store bought eggs and am dying for an egg. I check the nest box a dozen times a day. I am obsessed at this point. Then I hear that it is possible not to get eggs til next spring due to the...
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    i have 3keeping chickens in the yard?

    My 3 hens have been doing the same thing. It started 2 days ago and they are all over the yard. DH is putting up a higher fence on the deck side of the yard. They are driving me crazy! They are 22 weeks old and not yet laying. Not sure if it the colder days, nearer to laying or a full...
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    OHio ~ Come on Buckeyes, let me know your out there!

    I'm in Miami Twp., Clermont County. Just outside Loveland.
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    chickens in your living room?

    I just cannot imagine chickens in bed with me. Two dogs are bad enough without adding feathers to my sheets
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    1st Egg! Cheated;)

    I picked up 1/2 dozen of the fake wood eggs today. I will remove them once they start laying in the nest boxes.
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    1st Egg! Cheated;)

    Quote: That is too funny! These girls aren't the smartest. Thanks for allowing me bragging rights. That egg just keeps getting bigger. It will be the size of a duck egg by the time I tell enough people.
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    1st Egg! Cheated;)

    I just checked Michael's Crafts and Jo Ann's on-line and they both seem to carry wooden eggs. I have a Farmers Fair to be at tomorrow with a booth on backyard chickens. After the fair I will pick up some wooden eggs. It's Sunday, so Hobby Lobby (my favorite) will be closed. WIsh me luck and...
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    1st Egg! Cheated;)

    So am I better off picking up wooden eggs tomorrow or sticking with my plastic easter eggs? I am a newbie to this so all help is appreciated.
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    1st Egg! Cheated;)

    Quote: I gave up golf years ago. Not one darn ball to be had!
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    1st Egg! Cheated;)

    I dug up in the attic and luckily found some plastic pull-apart kids Easter eggs, after tearing the house apart for anything that would resemble an egg. Do I get bragging rights? This was a HUGE and perfect egg! I can just taste it;) I was covered with mud and still could not recover it...
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    1st Egg! Cheated;)

    My girls are now 20 weeks old so I have been on egg watch constantly. AN hour ago I took a flashlight to look under the deck and there was my 1st egg cracked open! I tried to fish it out for a photo. There is only about a 8-10 inch clearance under the deck. I'm sure it did not help that an...
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