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    confusion when 2 chickens brooding in same laying box

    Thankyou again ChickenCanoe for all your help and advice plus the very informative article link > http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1628&context=usdaarsfacpub < . The 3 remaining chicks are already up and sitting on the little perch I put in the brooder and all 3...
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    confusion when 2 chickens brooding in same laying box

    Thankyou so much ChickenCanoe, That is exactly the kind of information I was seeking. One more question if you would be so kind. If I replace the eggs under Ha'penny with a the live chicks will the chicks be safe sharing the coop and run with one rooster, two bantam hens, two bantam juvenile...
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    confusion when 2 chickens brooding in same laying box

    These last two eggs permit no light through at all now, I assume they are completely full of well developed fetuses. I candled them again just yesterday to see if I could make out the status of the fetus. I know what you mean about dark brown eggs being too dark to candle, I have that problem...
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    confusion when 2 chickens brooding in same laying box

    Thanks, next time (if there is a next time) I will date the eggs. I don't have an incubator as I did not intend to have any more pet chooks. so I guess I'll just let her sit on them till they either hatch or she abandons them.Earlier I had I candled (using a small bright LED flashlight which...
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    confusion when 2 chickens brooding in same laying box

    One bantam chicken was brooding on 4 eggs. about a week before they were due to hatch my other bantam started laying eggs in the same box and went broody after she had laid about 8 eggs.. Problem is that the first hen was brooding on all the eggs.and eventually both hens were brooding...
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    Floor Material for Small Coop and Run

    Hi SlowQueen All we have here in North Central Florida is sand too. (Florida is one big sand bar) I use pine shavings in my 8 beautiful chucks coop. I just sweep the shitty chips into the sand in the run when I clean out the coop (about once a week,) , It all breaks down quite quickly given...
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    Comment by 'chick n goat ma' in article 'Introducing New Chickens: Using the “See but don’t touch” Method'

    thankyou for a very helpful article. I recently introduced 7 eight week old cochin bantams of different breeds, (3 mottled, 2 old english game, one silkie and one little greyish white very small like half the size of the mottled (two of whom are cockerels.)with little tufts of small feathers...
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    Favorite breed poll

    Cochins and Old English game bantams are my favourites for their gentle nature and great personalities. Here's my sweet little pet bantam 'Sparrow' and 'Wincey' my Cochin Rooster
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    posted pic's did not show

    When I first tried to post the pic' of the 5 eggs laid by my pullet Cinnamon Queen 'Penny' on her first day of laying.... please see "Post your FIRST EGG pics! - Page 684"...bottom of page... I tried two more times with the same result.... and now I see all three posts do show the pic...
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    Post your FIRST EGG pics!

    That webpage you posted (http://www.poultryhelp.com/chickenfacts.html) confirms the world record of 7 eggs from one chicken in one day as do several other links from a Google search.. The 6 eggs Penny laid on her first day were rather small all weighing 1.5-1.6 ozs each, but all were complete...
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    Post your FIRST EGG pics!

    Cmom... I also had a hard time believing my eyes but I checked the laying box every day from their 18th week on eagerly anticipating my first egg...and on the 20th week one of my Cinnamon Queens (Penny) did lay 5 eggs in the early morning and later at noon the same day she laid one more.. I...
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    Comment by 'chick n goat ma' in article 'Inserting Pics In On The New Byc'

    ROFLMAO..... the above information is what I (a non computer savvy, chicken loving granny) call "Information Overload" it left me feeling dizzy.
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    Post your FIRST EGG pics!

    Right ADavid, one chicken laid 6 eggs on first laying day age 20 weeks,, one of my cinnamon queen's 'Penny' , laid 6 eggs on her first day of laying, 5 in the early morning and one at mid-day.. I couldn't believe my eyes either but it is true, since then one egg a day like clockwork at around...
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    Post your FIRST EGG pics!

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    Post your FIRST EGG pics!

    I couldn't believe my eyes at first but these are the 5 eggs my Cinnamon Queen 'Penny' laid early in the early morning on her first laying day at 20 weeks old , she laid another one at mid day for a total of six, and has since been laying one egg a day...That's just one egg short of...
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    6 eggs from one Cinnamon Queen on first day of laying

    Thank you jonalisa, I think they are rather beautiful too. Luck of the draw I guess because I bought them all from a local Tractor Supply store and had no idea what I was getting as they were all just fluffy little day old hatchlings at the time. I do prefer the name 'Cinnamon Queen' over 'sex...
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    6 eggs from one Cinnamon Queen on first day of laying

    Wow oh Wow...She (Penny) was 20 weeks old on 16th August and on that day deposited 5 eggs before 6.00AM in the lay box in the coop. ..plus one at mid day.(almost the world record which is 7 eggs in one day from one chicken) Since then she has laid one egg per day at approx mid-day.. Licken (my...
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    How much should I feed my laying hens

    Thankyou Fred, that is exactly the answer I was looking for, straight forward and to the point. Now I will feed my chickens (5 in total ..2 pet cochin roosters, 2 great layers Cinnamon Queens and one little Olde English game bird bantam) 4 oz of layer crumble each chicken per day and they can...
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    Homemade feed questions?

    I will try your recipe for chicken feed but I only have 5 chickens so will NOT be buying 400lbs of anything 40 lb bags are about my limit. Do you think I need the soy bean meal living in subtropical Florida? I don't have a grinder but I imagine a few pulses in my food processor would have the...
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    Homemade feed questions?

    Is this not false information?.>> > chickens like pigs can eat anything, or (from a local chicken keeper) If they free range you don't have to feed them anything?..>> I may be a wise old gal but I am new to rearing chickens, I have a lot to learn I know, so thanks for filling me in re. goats...
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