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    Easter Eggers from Hatcheries

    I got 4 survings hens from MPC that are laying now. I get 2 olive green very nice color, 1 is blueish green, and the last one was a dud, white!
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    Not sure what is going on.....very worried!

    The problem with all the post I seen were people having problems, then the posts would stop. I rarely could find anyone posting the final solution to the chickens problem. So i decided to post my whole experience I had from start to end in one post. So I figugered out she had Gapeworm and...
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    When will she lay?

    About a week before my Buff started to lay she would squat down in the coop when I walked in. My big EE did that today so i am hoping she will start soon she is 24 weeks now.
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    When did your Easter eggers start to lay?

    Mine are 23 weeks and no eggs. My single Buff laid her first egg today, about 26 weeks or so. I noticed with her that she would do the long bawk baaawk song all day long starting about two weeks ago. I just noticed that she will squat down when I come in the coop, that started about a week...
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    First Egg!!!!

    I got my first today. She is a Buff maybe 25 to 26 weeks old. Its is a small brown egg. I am waiting so patiently for my easter eggers to start! They are 23 weeks and all they want are treats. I got a green egg today, my big Brown Easter Egger Chirpy laid it today. 24 weeks.
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    Not sure what is going on.....very worried!

    About the 20th she seemed to take a trun for the worse, now the 24th she is clearly not doing well. I'm going to guess it may be two different problems, maybe she has Meraks and maybe egg bound happened during this. The good news is her sister laid the first egg of my flock today!
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    Not sure what is going on.....very worried!

    I am having a problem with a Buff mix hen about 23 to 25 weeks old. She hasn't laid yet and seems kind of like egg bound. It started out about a week ago now with her walking like she hurt her leg. Then it progressed to barely walking and falling down. Then I found her upside down. Now she falls...
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    Hen falls over on to back and can't get up.

    Oops... I won't post in here again, a bit too hostile for me. Sorry!
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    walking wierd and keeps losing her balance??

    One of my hens is doing something similar, I posted it here too. she limps around, but I guess you could say straight legged but seems at least in the begging like one leg and one wing. She falls over on her back now and can't get up. she eats and seems alert. just really odd. I have seen her...
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    Hen falls over on to back and can't get up.

    I have a about 22 week old Buff mix that is having trouble. I first noticed it about 5 days ago that she kind of limped around a bit favoring the left leg. My son said it looked like her head was swollen a bit on one side, but looks normal now. Then I noticed she doesn't flap her left wing and...
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    What age do chickens lay??

    My EE's are now 19 weeks and I think I have 2 buff mix and they are about 21 or 22 weeks and still no eggs. They don't sit in the boxes or nothing. The weather is getting nicer and I keep hoping they will start.
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    Playing VS. Fighting

    My hens did a little playing when they were young. They would also run around and crah into each other and make a lot of noise. At 16 weeks they chase each other around the pen all the time. Stand up face to face and stare at each other. They don't seem to be fighting, rarely they peck each other.
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    Comment by '1dude' in article 'Chickens & Winter Egg Laying and Lighting'

    Less light in winter means there's less food so less eggs. I'm not so sure its a resting period just a built in winter survival deal. My 17 week old EE's get in the boxes sometimes. I also have about 20 week old buff cross and they get in there too. But no eggs yet.
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    When do chicks voices change?

    Two of my 4 EE's started bawking and the other two cheap. They started that at 13 weeks
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    MPC gender accuracy?

    Well mine are now 13 weeks and they all look like hens, so I'm good! I picked up 2 mystery chicks and was suspious of them. They almost looked like they had small spot where they should have spurs. However after more than a month they still look the same at about 17 weeks.
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    Chick voice change

    I did a search for this before and couldn't find anything. Today I see lots of posts about it. Anyway 2 of my 4 EE's voices are changing. They are 13 weeks, so if this is common then my other ones are probably almost 4 weeks older.
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    Chick voice change

    I have two chicks that are bigger than my 10 week olds, I guessing they are 12 or 13 weeks maybe. I got them from the local crazy chicken lady no idea the age. Any way a couple days ago they stopped cheaping and now sound almost like ducks. A real nassely sound more like an adult hen. Any idea...
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    Comment by '1dude' in article 'Winter-Coop-Temperatures'

    I like "The Hen's" point... what did they do 10,000 years ago? Any way I am in northern Florida and I worry a bit because the humidity is very high. I designed my coop to deal with heat not cold, so i'm a bit concerned. My coop is attached to the side of my shed and is open on the bottom and...
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    Another integrating chicks question

    I mixed 6 weeks old and maybe 9 weeks old and the older ones bully the young ones all the time. Even after 2 weeks now they chase the smaller ones around. The older ones I got as replaces for the 2 my dog killed. The older ones were in a small cage so they didn't seem to have socials skills or...
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    Nervous about letting them free range

    I put up a 4 foot tall plastic fence around large pineapple guava bush, about 10 feet across. There was a space about 3 feet on one side so the chicks could eat some grass. My wife walked into the back just in time to see a hawk dive into the fenced off area and grab a chick, 7 weeks old. She...
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