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    pecking?

    Hi folks, I haven't been around in a while but now I think I have a problem. My hens are happy enough as far as I can see. I feed them layers pelletts and leftovers from the table once a day. They seem to be pecking each others feathers, so much so that around the bottom some of them are red and...
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    Double yolk eggs

    Yes indeed they are as you described... you could be right there. Thanks, Pat
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    Double yolk eggs

    Hi folks, still getting 6 out of 6 and some of them quite big and the bigger ones mostly have double yolks. Has anyone else experienced this? and can you explain why? Thanks Pat
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    6 of the best

    Hi folks, finally had my 6th hen lay today. It's now two month and a day since they arrived and today is the first day I've had 6out of 6 hens lay. I'm delighted with it and thought I'd share. I did think that the last one was a dudd as it was taking her so long to lay. After all they were 20...
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    Not eating pellets

    Thanks for your replies once again peeps. Lovely to know the Irish are around, sure isn't Boston where the Kennedys (as in JFK) settled first ! Anyway back to the hens I'm not so worried about then now as I know they will eat when they're hungry enough. They're doing fine and I had 5 out of 6...
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    Not eating pellets

    Quote: DUDE! According to Mr. Whatdacluck's info, he's from Contae Loch Garman (County Wexford), so he's not a dude, he's a BUACHAILL! My chooks also kick all the pellets out of their feed trough; it's just the nature of these creatures, who are "wired" to scratch the earth for seeds, bugs...
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    Not eating pellets

    Yes they are eating their pelletts now, and I got 4 eggs yesterday so that's 4 out of 6. Recon it wont be long before I get the 6 out of 6
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    Not eating pellets

    Quote: DUDE!!!... first time for that! Thanks for the quick response peeps, it's just as I thought. Pat;)
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    Not eating pellets

    Hi everybody. When I got my hens first, all I gave them was the layers pellets. Then I started to give them some table leftovers. They were running to the door of their run as soon as they saw me and looking for food. I then gave them bread mixed with milk and mashed up, so now they don't seem...
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    First egg

    My two black hens are laying an egg a day each now, no sign of the red hens laying though.
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    My new coop/pen and hens

    Thanks peeps, really appreciate the good wishes. Well I had the first egg yesterday 22nd Aug 2010 and another today. The eggs are brown so I presume they are from a red hen. As far as I'm aware the LH which are black, will lay white eggs??? I think that's what I read anyway. It would also...
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    First egg

    Well 2 weeks and four days later, one of my hens has laid it's first egg... waahey!!!! I was out this morning and when I came home some of the hens were on their roosts in the coop... unusual for this time of day I said, but had a hunch there was something going on. I checked the nest box about...
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    Feeding

    Hi folks, I have my pullets 2 weeks tomorrow. I feed them layer pellets as per norm. In the last week I have given them some table leftovers ie; potatoes, peas, porridge (no sugar) the usual leftovers from dinner. Now everytime they see me they run to whatever part of the run I am, and when I...
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    More pics of my hens

    Thanks everyone for your help with my query, and indeed your kind comments on my photography (photography is another hobby of mine) @ Melissa... I have them 11 days and the poultry farm said they were 19-20 week pullets. @ Mahonri... I made that feeder myself yesterday. Cut a Wavin pipe in...
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    More pics of my hens

    Could anyone tell me why some of my hens have a shorter upper beak than othere??? see photos. Some of my friends are like this also. The ones that have it are RIR strain. Thanks. Pat
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