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    So, what is this?

    I have the rest figured out, but I don't know on this one. She lays brown eggs. Any ideas?
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    Very sad and mad at my stupid chickens!

    I was so excited, these were my first chicks hatched by one of my own. She sat on 4 eggs for 20 days and 3 hatched on July 5. The black one was my favorite, very hyper right from the beginning. Then, on Wed I went out and the bright yellow one was smashed (they are in the same coop as the rest...
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    Feather picking?

    I think I have a major case of picking. The picture attached is my rooster, but about half the hens look pecked too. I have tried the tar stuff the coop sells, but by the next morning, that is all gone, and the picking continues. Any ideas?
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    First Broody Hen-questions

    I have my first Broody Hen (a Black Star). She is sitting in a regular nest box in the middle of the group of boxes. There are nine boxes, so the one she is in is about 3 feet off of the floor. She has 5 eggs under her. Everything I've read says that I need to move her out of the regular...
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    Those sneaky chickens!!

    So, I just started getting eggs at the beginning of the month, but I hadn't found any in about a week and was starting to wonder... Last night I started really hunting around the coop, and low and behold, in a corner that I didn't think a chicken could even fit in, 9 eggs!! Sneaky little...
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    So in the worst ice storm ever, I get my first egg!!

    I expected my first eggs to start coming in February. I was really excited to go to the coop on 1/31 to find my very first egg! I know the chickens must be a little stress too, but I guess it didn't matter! If we ever get our electricity back on I will download pictures of the egg and the ice...
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    Will my chickens go in when it rains?

    I opened my chickens out side door today so that they could get to their run. It was warm this morning (about 55), but now it is about 35 degrees and is supposed to start raining before I get home. Do you think they will be smart enough to go back inside? (This is the first time I have let them...
  8. cemcnair

    Just wanted to introduce myself

    Hi, I am new to this site and new to raising chickens. I have found many helpful bits of info on this site in the last 6 weeks, so thanks for letting me listen in!
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