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    FINALLY! Our first egg!!!

    It seems like an awful long 18 weeks but today at 3:15 this afternoon, I'm pretty sure it was one of my 2 Barred Rocks that left us a treat right next to the fake egg I placed in one of the 3 nesting boxes. Out of the 5 hens I have, the 2 Barred Rocks rushed back up the ladder and came into the...
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    Composting: Chicken manure and feathers?

    While cleaning up all the FOD in my coop, I end up with all the beneficial manure as well as a fair amount of feathers that have been cast by our 6 birds. The materials are placed on a large compost pile that is cooking quite nicely. Just curious if anyone knows of issues with composting the...
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    Introducing a new hen to a 13 week old, 5 hen flock.

    I would love some tips on the best way to introduce a new hen to our young flock. We just came to realize that one of our beloved RIR hens, "Loretta", is actually a "Henry!" Even though he doesn't know the words yet, he's been practicing his cock-a-doodle-doos in the coop every morning and that...
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    Any bets? Is our Rhode Island a Cockrel or Pullet?

    Loretta "Hen" is in the middle, Reba in the foreground. They're both 3 weeks old today. I'm seeing a striking difference in comb development with Loretta. The comb is larger and taking on some color. None of our others, 2 Bared Rocks, 2 Silver Laced Wyandottes, have such an advanced comb. This...
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    Greetings from the Central Coast of CA...

    It's official. As of late afternoon yesterday, 5/2, I kicked off my first go at a backyard chicken family. My wife and I have talked about doing it for some years now but in talking with our younger neighbors, they were also pretty gung-ho about doing it, as well. We decided to go joint venture...
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