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    color of guinea eggs?

    Most of my royal purples are laying various shades of light tan some with speckes - but today got this - green on one side shading to tan.
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    Gender Thoughts?

    Thanks guys : ). Happy the grey is a pullet, and hope her peacomb and grey legs translate to blue eggs
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    Gender Thoughts?

    Sorry it's a little blurry
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    Gender Thoughts?

    14 + weeks, EEx?? Pullet (prob x w/ RIR but could be one of the EE hens), grey leg and peacomb hoping green egg layer? Thinking a cockerel, but hoping it's a pullet! EExAustralorp. EExCuckoo Marans wish it could be a pullet (I think I recall the 2 Cuckoo's had larger Combs faster than...
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    Black Australorps : ). Sorry for the delay in answering. They really are a pretty pink, even...

    Black Australorps : ). Sorry for the delay in answering. They really are a pretty pink, even after egg washing.
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    Mixing breeds in my flock

    Oh, and because mine are free ranging and we want to hatch out chicks naturally, a Roo for us was a must. He is AWESOME. Calls the girls in, warms of predators, breaks up squabbles, is gentle with chicks, eats from our hands (will hop up in my lap, doesn't want to be petted but gently tugs on...
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    Mixing breeds in my flock

    My RIR runt was the sweetest girl - smart, friendly, and a great layer. Cuckoo Marans have been great - sweet, easygoing with flock, beautiful eggs and very productive My BAs are a little flighty, tend to be at the top of the pecking order, and not so nice to younger chicks. Super pretty pink...
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    Anyone know laws in Kentucky about selling eggs or chicks?

    You cannot sell through a store in KY with out the proper license! You can sell off the farm and at farmers markets to which you belong so long as you don't exceed the maximum number of eggs pet month, and handle, transport and label according to the law.
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    We lost our first girl today.

    Doing some learning and trying to figure out how to pay for it. That's the way we're going as soon as we can. Till then the coop stays locked up so they're safe, and we're let them out when we are all out.
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    We lost our first girl today.

    We decided to keep the run locked so when the automatic coop door opened the chickens were trapped in the run. Good thing, because the dogs were back at dawn, trying to dig through and under. The chickens uproar (from within the run) alerted us and John and our dogs chased them off. Need to...
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    We lost our first girl today.

    We have Lila but she's a house dog - out a lot during the day unless it's rainy and cold like today. John and I did talk about the possibility of an outdoor livestock dog this evening - we plan to get a few young pigs and calves in the spring. Our dogs did catch and rough up one of the...
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    We lost our first girl today.

    I would not have believed I could love a little chicken this much. I would never have thought a chicken could be so lovable. I've cried several times today about her, especially this last time I checked to see if she had somehow come back to the coop after dark. She followed us around like a...
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    We lost our first girl today.

    Hope your puppy can learn. I'm sure he will with time. We still keep an eye on the one...
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    We lost our first girl today.

    Oh that would in some ways be worse. We were worried about our city dogs when we moved here and got chickens but we trained them not to chase.
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    We lost our first girl today.

    Howard E Will that harm your chickens?
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