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    Official BYC Poll: How Many Chickens Do You Have + How Many Chickens On BYC?

    3 RIRs 5 Ameraucanas 4 Black Australorps 3 Bantam Sebrights 1 Buff Orpington 1 Barred Rock 1 Jersey Giant 1 Black Sex Link 1 ISA Brown 1 Silver Laced Wyandotte 5895 + 21 = 5916
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    Are Chickens Allowed in Moline Michigan

    Hi Suz, I live in Moline (east of it, actually) and you can definitely have them here as we're rural and it's considered Allegan county. Depending on where your house is going to be, you're going to be either Leighton or Dorr Township. We're in Leighton and there is no problem with them here...
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    URGENT questions how long once the hen is on the roost does it take

    I sometimes take the egg from them after they're laid. Sometimes a hen will be in a laying box with a couple other eggs from other chickens, so I'll just reach my hand underneath her and pull out the other eggs. Most of the time they don't mind, but they do give you that look when you're...
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    Chickens and Blueberries????

    Quote: Yep, that's the posting I was thinking about. Thanks for finding it!
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    Chickens and Blueberries????

    Here's the list that I use for toxic foods for chickens: http://www.poultryhelp.com/toxicplants.html It's on a FAQ on one of the threads here.
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    Golden-Laced Wyandotte (Roo or Hen?)

    Well, I guess that settles it then! My sorority house is now co-ed! What will the ladies think?! Thanks everyone for the judgement. I figured it was a he, but being our first I wanted to double check.
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    Golden-Laced Wyandotte (Roo or Hen?)

    Goldie is a Golden-Laced Wyandotte, but is it a he or a she? Pics taken at about 3.5 months old. Goldie appears to have very larger and longer legs than our other chicks that are around the same age seen in the last pic (with a Black Australorp: Sheila and an Ameraucana: Peppermint...
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    Am I supposed to wash the eggs?

    Yes, the outside of the eggs are technically "dirty" but you can wash them any time. We collect ours throughout the week and leave them sit in the egg carton on our countertop until the end of the week, then wash them all at once and put them in the fridge. Our collection egg cartons are our...
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    wet-bulb humidity question

    It changes every day here (from as low as 30% to 90%). No real correlation at winter or summer (it can be 90% in both seasons--just depends on the day). Usually a local weather observation from the National Weather Service or a place like Accuweather will be close to your house depending on...
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    why has she become so spiteful ?

    BINGO! It's pretty common and there are a lot of threads on here about people dealing with the same issue, so it shouldn't be too hard to take a look around and see what people have tried in order to get her back on track. My girls live more in a democracy (vs. an autocracy) and don't have a...
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    Uh oh... rooster?

    You said that you head them crowing loudly. Was it the egg song or something different (an actual crowing like a rooster)?
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    wet-bulb humidity question

    If you have another way of measuring humidity, I'd double check it with that. Otherwise, you can get a simple weather station at most stores for relatively inexpensive that can show you humidity.
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    why has she become so spiteful ?

    Let me guess--no rooster in the flock? That's pretty common for one to rise to the top and act like that. Sometimes you can bump them back down, but from time to time there will usually always be one that is more spiteful than the rest.
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    Creative Coop Names

    Quote: Ours is also called the Taj Macoop.
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    How many here are actual backyarders vs. Farmers?

    I'm a frontyarder (is that somewhere between backyarder and farmer then?). We live on 5.5 acres surrounded by farms, but are 700 ft. back from the road, so the coop is in the front yard about 50 ft. from the road and about 500 ft. from the house.
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    RIR with white eggs?

    Your logic sounds good. I can't say there is any factual evidence, but I would tend to agree with that based on my observations alone.
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    RIR with white eggs?

    Quote: A very dilute solution. That's the FDA's recommended process for killing bacteria on the outside of farm eggs for resale in stores.
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    RIR with white eggs?

    Quote: No difference in color (it's white throughout). Maybe I have one eating too many oyster shells? I offer them free choice all the time to them.
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    RIR with white eggs?

    Quote: They're real close. I think the store one might be just a touch whiter, but that's because they're bleached (we just wash ours with soap and water) and the pictures I took were before washing.
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    RIR with white eggs?

    D'Angelo N Va. : well I don't know about the eggs, but your hens are very red and very pretty. Thanks!
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