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    Pullet laying patterns - what is normal?

    A breakthrough today. We had been getting 3 eggs/day VERY consistently for the past several weeks (maybe 1 exception). Of the 5 hens I thought 4 were laying and trading off days as we got some variation in darker and lighter eggs presumably from the 2 different breeds. Today I was proven...
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    Chickens that won't go into the coop at night-help please!

    I have a related problem. Our hens (2 Wellsummers and 3 PBRs) used to file into the coop every night without any problem when we had our rooster. We recently had to get rid of him (too noisy and neighbors complained) and since then, the hens haven't all been making it inside at night. My coop...
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    Where can I find a home for noisy rooster?

    We ended up with a rooster from the batch of Welsummer chicks we got last March. We live in a fairly spread out neighborhood but the crowing has become problematic and the neighbors are getting unhappy. Keeping them constrained at night/morning is not an option as his noise continues all day as...
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    Pullet laying patterns - what is normal?

    Yes - we've seen similar consistency. It seems odd just from a "likelihood" standpoint and does counter the limited references I have read. Apparently the chickens don't read those books and so don't understand the rules! The tiny "pullet eggs" never seemed to last for more than one, maybe two...
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    Pullet laying patterns - what is normal?

    Well we are on day 38 since our girls first starting producing. We are now getting 3 eggs a day pretty reliably. Once or twice a week its 2, but never 4 so far. I think we have 4 of the five hens laying as we occationally get two dark eggs in the same day, though usually just one with two...
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    Official BYC Poll: Why Do You Have Chickens - Select All That Apply

    Other: I have young children (7 & 10) and I think having BYC is a great way to have them experience first hand that food doesn't come from the grocery store, it comes from plants and animals that we are all dependent on. I'd like them to grow up knowing that we all have (either directly or...
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    Pullet laying patterns - what is normal?

    Well - it looks like the streak has ended. I've become fairly convinced that the egg laying that started a couple weeks ago is from a single hen - one of our Wellsummers. She layed for 15 straight days, then took a break yesterday. Today she kindly delivered again (still early in the morning)...
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    Pullet laying patterns - what is normal?

    More developments. Yesterday (day 13 if you are keeping track!) we had a new development. We have at least two laying hens as we found two eggs yesterday, and two again today. The new arrivals are again small (1oz) and were both found outside the roosting boxes so obviously the work of a...
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    Pullet laying patterns - what is normal?

    Today we (somewhat) broke the pattern as far as large/double yolk eggs go. We had our 11th consecutive data of single egg production, but today was a "normal" pullet egg at 1.25oz. The morning is young yet so we'll see if the rest of the day brings anything else, but so far the laying pattern...
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    Pullet laying patterns - what is normal?

    We are on our first experience with BYC and enjoying it very much! We got our chicks at the beginning of March (3 barred plymouth rocks; 3 Wellsummers - 1 Wellsummer turned out to be a roo) and they are now about 16 weeks old. We got our first egg 10 days ago. We are not sure who is laying...
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