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    Tinges of doubt… she’s a lady, right??

    I have three Easter eggers, and this one has always been a bit… strange. this is Switzerland, a menace to society, 20 ish weeks old. For a while there we thought she was a little… special because she’d run around in circles. Realized she was chasing gnats. She gave up on the gnats and now she...
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    My chickens laid their first egg!!

    Wow! That egg is absolutely beautiful!
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    My first chicken ever laid her first egg today!

    they really are! It was important to me that I'd be able to easily tell my girls apart from each other, and I definitely can! I also love their beards and fluffy faces and spunky personalities. I might just stick with these "AmerACANAs" for good!
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    My first chicken ever laid her first egg today!

    I’m just so shocked because after reading so many threads on here, I had resigned myself to waiting until 6 or even 8 months to see a single egg!
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    My first chicken ever laid her first egg today!

    My Easter egger(labeled AmerACANA at tractor supply), Denmark, laid her first egg this morning! That means she laid her first egg at 18 weeks and 5 days! I’m so surprised! She was making a huge racket this morning until I came and sat by the chicken run. Then she did the cutest thing and...
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    Best Nesting Box Location? Interior, hybrid or exterior in the run?

    I went ahead and built a 4x4 chicken coop for my 4 pullets, but haven't put a nesting box in yet because I wasn't sure if I wanted it hanging off the side, more flush, or completely exterior. The inside of the coop is 16 sqft and they have a 50 sqft run- which nesting box style would be best for...
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    How do your chickens show affection to you?

    I’m hoping this is a sign of affection and not them attempting to tenderize me, but my pullets scrape their beaks against me in a downward motion. If they do it on skin a little too hard it hurts a little and I have to scold them lol! Besides that one of my Easter eggers loves to sit on my lap...
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    Brahma heat maximum?

    Hey everyone, first time chicken owner here! I have 3 Easter eggers and 1 light Brahma pullets- all four are about 9 weeks old. I had read that brahmas are cold hardy but not heat hardy, but I figured that she should do fine here in PA. Today we had a 84 degree day after nights of 30s, and I...
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    healthy chick making a different kind of sound than the other chicks

    Funny, I too have an Easter egger at 4 weeks that sounds raspier than the other 2. She’s otherwise just as healthy so I’m going to chalk it up to her being different. I actually love the way she sounds, fits her sweet personality very well. She seems to be at the bottom of the pecking order so...
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    Marek’s and unvaccinated chicks

    Haha, I was being a bit dramatic about being kept up at night, but it does worry me that mareks is so common just about everywhere. With predators at least I can build a really good coop and run and be decently confident in their safety but this stuff just floats on the wind! Thanks for the info!
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    Marek’s and unvaccinated chicks

    Hello! First post here and first time chick caretaker! After months of research, I finally picked up 3 ameracanas/easter egger and one light Brahma female day old chicks from TSC about three weeks ago. So far it’s been great, but as I continue to research the multitude of horrible things that...
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