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    Why chickens? I really wanted an alpaca (I thought). I must admit, this crazy idea of raising chickens was my husband's. I think he was concerned he would come home from work to find alpacas grazing on the lawn. I thought about chickens and we decided it could be a great idea, but I really...
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    help! hen died in front of me-gapeworm?

    I'm so sorry to hear about your chicken. We also had a chicken die like that. She had been making a weird barking noise, but not making many other chicken noises. She was the only hen not laying eggs. I isolated her. Her weight seemed to drop overnight and the next evening she took a last...
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    Are Silkies normally quite??? and more Q's

    Big Red Hen, I believe all silkies have blue colored ear-lobes.
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    how many months does it take a pullet to start laying normal size eggs

    Our Australorp began laying a larger egg - about 2.15 to 2.25 oz. The size and weight increased a bit (2.4 oz) after about 2 months. One of our larger EE also began laying a larger egg, although smaller than the Australorp (1.85 to 1.95 oz) and her eggs have been pretty consistent at that...
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    What was your biggest egg ever collected? see mine!

    Our largest to date was 3.65 ounces. It was a double yolker from a pullet who has been laying about 2 months.
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    POOPing on nest box!!!

    Interesting that she used to sleep inside the nesting box. It has been my understanding that chickens prefer to roost at night. Some prefer to be as high up as possible. Nesting boxes are usually for egg laying, although our younger pullets who are not laying yet like to perch in the...
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    I'm in Maine and love chickens. Trying to talk son into allowing them

    Chickens are just the most useful animals. I never appreciated them until my husband suggested getting chickens and the idea began to grow on us. Chickens eat bugs, they produce fertilizer which can be used in the garden (after composting) and they provide a wonderful source of food with many...
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    **Really cool shots of my chickens... IN FLIGHT!!** More shots pg 5!

    Nice photos! I love it when I open the big door in the morning to clean and the pullets come flying right off the high roosting bar, out the door, over my head. I have never been able to get pictures - laughing too hard. I think Oliver is very photogenic.
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    Square Foot Chicken Coop

    I would second the suggestion about hardwire cloth. Raccoons and opossums live in the city. I think I read somewhere raccoons were the #1 predator of chickens. I am posting this because I know a family with chickens who has been battling raccoons getting into the coop and they were becoming...
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    What kind of comb is this?

    Thanks for your responses. The drawings were helpful too. I had looked at some pages that illustrated comb types and my chicken's looked more like a pea comb to me, but kind of weird. Perhaps it is her age - she is still young. I guess she is an EE. She started laying green colored eggs...
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    Day one........ (lots of pics)

    They are very cute!
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    Hey, Southernbelle! Look at these silkies!

    Oh, they are SO cute!
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    Why have the brown eggers stopped laying?

    Are they moulting? We supplement with just a few hours of artificial light (a light on a timer in the coop). Our Austrolorp and EE have been laying regularly.
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    WHOOHOO!!! First green egg!!**UPDTE, PICS!*

    Congratulations!!!! How exciting! Our big Thanksgiving treat today was a HUGE brown egg with a double yolk from our Austrolorp. It was so big the egg container top would not close. Eggs are fun!
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    The silkies have stolen another soul....

    Oh, that is so funny! You should post some pics!! My daughter has been begging, BEGGING us to get a silkie. I believe we wouldn't be to get just one.
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    what kind of petting do your chickens like?

    We are still relatively new to chickens, but in the course of our research we visited many friends and farms with chickens. We also attended some chicken swaps. I remember one of the "more seasoned" chicken people teaching my children how to handle chickens and telling them that chickens "are...
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    new hampshire spring chat thread

    We are new to chickens and are having great fun with our flock of 12 birds. All of the birds were purchased this past summer, as chicks less than 4 months old. 6 of our 12 came from swaps. Our experiences were mostly good and we got some good information. Our "Java" turned out to be an EE...
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    What kind of comb is this?

    Does anyone know what kind of comb this is? Thanks!
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    Chicken Vanity

    Is it just me or does this chicken appear to be posing for the camera?
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    Hens not laying in box

    Lynn, Why No more than one foot off the floor?
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