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  1. milola

    I'm Back

    I joined BYC back in 2013 and it was a wealth of information. I recently decided to get a rooster. He is said to be 8 months old isn't aggressive toward me, and was doing fantastic with the hens. Until now. It seems he is favoring my one and only easter egger and tonight she came into the coop...
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    Young Pullets Behavior

    The dark ones with the gold on them look like easter eggers to me.
  3. milola

    Squatting

    Never mind I reread and saw saw has already laid an egg.
  4. milola

    Squatting

    are you sure it isn't a rooster? They do a little dance when they want to mount a hen. Just a thought since you said the chicken was two years old. Or did you mean months?
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    Cost comparison

    I don't know anything about the cost but I always thought people raised them so they would know how they were raised and what they were fed. As in antibiotic free or organically fed.
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    One of four 22 week old EE

    Ha. Had it been olive it would be nice. It is much too light to be considered as such, I would think. What surprised me, is that I expected for it to be blue inside and it was the same weird color inside and out. I thought EE's having the blue egg gene made the greenish colors by being mixed...
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    One of four 22 week old EE

    Barely a greenish tint. More khaki than green but not really beige like a light brown egg. It really isn't pretty. I would have taken a picture but it probably wouldn't have shown true and it was on the thin-shelled side with a hole broken at one end.
  8. milola

    One of four 22 week old EE

    Finally laid an egg yesterday. I was a little disappointed because the egg color was a sort of ugly light khaki greenish color. Rather putrid looking.
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    We don't know which chickens are roosters!

    I think number three is also a pullet. The red is scattered throughout its wings instead of big chunk of red up on its shoulders. At least that is how mine wound up. The rest I concur.
  10. milola

    Any Tricks For Getting Hardware Cloth To Lay Flat

    What woodland woman said always works for me.
  11. milola

    New to chickens - family members with flu like symptoms - in need of some opinions!

    I would suppose it is possible. But hopefully your daughter and your husband are healthy and they will be able to tough it out. Just make sure they both stay well hydrated and if it gets to bad I would seek medical attention.
  12. milola

    Reducing flock the old fashion way

    Do you have a way to heat the water you would bring up? Like say one of those turkey fryer things? I have yet to process a chicken but I am going to have to soon as I have 2 roosters that I don't want and that is what I am going to use. But I would think that if you go ahead and gut the chicken...
  13. milola

    Help!

    I am going through the same thing. It took a few days but they get a little bolder each day. They now will chance coming out in the run with the big chickens and take every chance they can to get food and water when the big chickens leave the coop for the run. It will work out. As long as there...
  14. milola

    Poopy eggs

    It can also just be whatever they happen to step in before they jump in the nest to lay the egg. And a dirty egg would be if they walked thru mud and then laid the egg. Sometimes it is not the chicken who laid the egg that got it poopy or dirty but any subsequent chicken getting in the nest...
  15. milola

    Are fruits and vegetables ok to feed?

    Hmmm...Asparagus is on that list and my chickens are notorious for going along nipping the top off my spears in the spring and all summer long they eat the berry looking things off them. Not to excess but they do eat them with (knock on wood) no ill effects so far.
  16. milola

    Still having a little trouble intergrating

    ok. Thanks every body for your help. I guess I will just keep letting them do there thing unless blood gets drawn.
  17. milola

    Still having a little trouble intergrating

    But the problem is that they won't come out of the coop. Or if they try, they get hustled back in. If a big chicken goes into the coop, especially if it is one that torments them they fly up to the roost and won't come back down unless they are sure it is safe. I have three feeders inside. And...
  18. milola

    Coop Floor- Sand or Deep Litter?

    There are so many different ideas on this forum. But here is my opinion for what it is worth. If the stall area stays dry I would leave the dirt floor and use the deep litter method. I would concentrate on making the outside as predator proof as possible. I have found that with the deep litter...
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    Still having a little trouble intergrating

    In an earlier post I stated that I had merged my 12 weekers with my year old chickens. The big chickens allow they young ones to roost with them at night but the little ones are still frightened of a couple of the bigger ones. I am concerned they may not be getting enough to eat or drink. My...
  20. milola

    6 wk old cockerel trying to mate with the back of my head, and it hurts!

    I don't mean to sound rude, but ...YUCK! I don't think you should be letting him beak your mouth. Aren't they supposed to carry salmonella as well as other diseases? If your health is at all compromised you need to be extra careful.
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