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    Average age your RIR started Wat

    Mine actually laid her first egg at 24 weeks. But she got injured a couple weeks before by another one of our girls that was also coming into lay and had to be seperated. Im wondering if the stress from that could have made her lay a little later then she would have.
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    Esophagus Pulled Out of Beak

    I have never heard of this before either, and may be waaay off with this thought, but is there any possibility that it could basically be sort of like a prolapse of the esophagus when he went to start trying to crow??:idunno I am hoping someone with more knowledge of the anatomy will chime in...
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    Waiting for that first egg!

    I have two red sex links that both recently started laying. Their combs started to get big and red quite quickly (Or it surprised me anyway as this was my first flock) Our first layer layed her first egg at just under 21 weeks old and it was 12 days after her first squat. The second sex link...
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    11 week old ee pullet or roo?

    WOOHOO!!! That is what we were hoping to hear. Thank you all so much for your fast responses!
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    11 week old ee pullet or roo?

    We have two Easter Egger chicks turning 11 weeks tomorrow. These are our fist chicks with peacombs so we are not sure what to look for/expect as they mature. Our rust colored EE has seemed to grow a little faster and has a larger redder comb but all of our chicks do grow at different rates...
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    Post your FIRST EGG pics!

    We are first time chicken raisers with 4 20 week old hens. Our two ISA Browns began squatting just over a week ago to our absolute delight! This morning we went out to give them a nice good morning pet and found an egg right in the middle of the run! Our first homegrown egg ever! We are...
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    Spent tea leaves??

    So my fiancee and I both drink a lot of loose leaf tea (tea leaves are from the Camillia family) and just throw the leaves away once we are done. I got to thinking that instead of throwing the leaves away, would we be able to give them to the chickens???? Thank you all for any responses, I...
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    Treats for Chicks?

    Hello, I am new to the forum, and new to raising chickens. I have done a bit of research but know there is nothing that tops experience, and I haven't found anything on treats for chicks. I have four chicks that are 12 days old. 1 Amberlink, 1 RI Red, 2 ISA Brown. Is there an age you...
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