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    How Many Eggs Did You Get Today?

    21/24 for the past three days! I love my black australorps!
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    Boys VS girls (Never stops!)

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    How Many Eggs Did You Get Today?

    6/8... well 6/7 seeing as my BO went broody- she'll probably do that 3 times this year unless she goes to the freezer.
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    How Many Eggs Did You Get Today?

    7/8 I'm glad I got the black australorps.They have been very consistant since the first of the year.
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    How Many Eggs Did You Get Today?

    5/8 today..but I feel a perfect score coming soon.
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    Boys VS Girls

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    How Many Eggs Did You Get Today?

    7/8 two days in a row--they're sticking to their New Years resolution.
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    How Many Eggs Did You Get Today?

    19 out of a possible 24 { 3 day count} extra scratch for them this weekend
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    Ended 170,000 BYC Members? Guess the DAY & HOUR and Win!!!

    2/14/2013---5pm
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    How Many Eggs Did You Get Today?

    17 in the past 3 days from 8 birds.What is weird is that they started to lay again on the 1st--like yhey made a New Years resolution. Go figure!!!
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    first eggs!

    Congrats on the new eggs......I also found two, rather small, eggs in the coop today. The australorps are at 20 weeks, some have bright wattles while othesr aren't quite there yet. On a side note, I switched their feed over to layer feed last week-- not sure if that helped get them going.
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    A mysterious white egg! (We only have brown & blue egg layers)

    I was given a chicken that looked like a barred rock, later to find out that Coastal Farm Supply sell California greys, which lay white eggs. I think they are a cross between a a barred rock and leghorn--BUT she's been laying white all along. Maybe if you check the earlobes of the BR's and...
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    Guarding the hen house

    Not long after I let them out of the run a pullet snuck in and laid an egg in a box. I also discovered another egg under the roosting bars, which could have been missed yesterday.Both eggs are small,as first eggs should be. We'll try this for a while until all the pullets start to lay...
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    Guarding the hen house

    My laying hens seem to be guarding the nesting boxes from the australorp pullets. I noticed this a couple of days ago, then saw it again this morning. If one of the pullets go near the pop door, the other hens will chase them away. Once in a while a pullet will make it into the house, but will...
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    When to switch feed?

    I was at the same point as you are with the same thought. I went with one more bag of chick food then switched to layer feed at 19 weeks when the chick food ran out. The chickens seem fine and 1 week later I have my first egg from my austalorps. { only four pullets left now}
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    Will hens lay in the winter without an added light source?

    My production decreased some from December to March and then started to pick back up again. Mixed in with that was molting by the chickens{ orps & rocks }. Only my aussie kept going full steam thru the winter. So I have 5 more pullets now, at 19 weeks they should start laying soon. I tried a...
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    does this mean eggs are coming soon?

    I have 5 black australorp pullets that are 19 weeks old. A couple of them are doing the squat { and I oblige them with a pet above the tail/lower back} , this is one of the signs along with the comb and wattles getting bigger and redder. Now it will seem like forever for those eggs to come.
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    Most Popular Egg Laying Breed

    I had a black australorp that laid very well this past winter and because of that I got five more.My experience with Orpingtons is that their broody, which pauses their egg laying.Plymouth rocks do fairly well.
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    You know you have lost it when ....

    Shaving cream on the toothbrush doesn't taste too good....
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    How early is too early to let chicks outside?

    Yes you can. A mother hen would have her chicks out by now.Mama would also give them shelter,warmth and safety when needed.
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