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  1. NinetreesMom

    Egg color breeding question

    Hello! I am wondering, if you breed a light-brown egging breed rooster (a sussex or Orpington in my case) to a chocolate-egging hen (I have a cuckoo maran and a welsummer), what color will the eggs of their progeny be? What about a chocolate-egging roo over a light -brown-egging hen? Trying...
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    Introducing pullets to the flock

    Hello all! I have four 5-week old chicks and four 1-year-old hens. At what age do you usually introduce babies into the flock? What is the best procedure? My hens free-range around my pullet pen, but they pretty much ignore each-other. I foresee a different story if the babies ventured onto...
  3. NinetreesMom

    Banding Question

    As our flock is expanding, I am considering using bands as a management tool to help me know what year a hen was born. I plan on banding them just as they are ready to leave the "baby pen" and go in with the rest of the flock, so not quite full grown pullets. I am wondering about band sizes...
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    FIRST EGG Coronation Sussex and color mystery

    OK, so apparently joining BYC last week was a lucky charm for me, because 2 of my girls laid their first eggs today! First Ava (see previous thread) and now Marshmallow, our Coronation Sussex. OK, I am not positive that this is Marshmallow's first egg... but it is the first that is for sure...
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    Easy Nest Box Idea

    We recently built a simple chicken tractor to keep our four girls safe while they roam (we have cats, dogs, owls, eagles, hawks, racoons, coyotes, and foxes...after almost losing one hen it was too much for me to stress about!). They spend the night in a stationary coop. However, 2 of my girls...
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    FIRST EGG from our Welsummer

    Ava, our Welsummer, just laid her first egg this morning. It is the beautiful speckled dark brown one. Small but gorgeous! Also in the picture is a small egg from our Silver-laced Wyandotte Peep (the small smooth brown one) and at the top is an egg from Glenda our Rhode Island Red. She is...
  7. NinetreesMom

    New from Gig Harbor, WA

    Hello there! We just started this spring with a purchased Rhode Island Red laying hen (Glenda the good hen:-)) and 2 day-old chicks that are now 26 weeks old. We added one chick a little later that is now 24 weeks. Lucky for us they were all pullets, so now we have 4 beautiful girls. Peep...
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