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Fiiiinnally!!! Our first egg. One of the RIR layed one this morning (you could hear her blocks away). She layed under the blackberries in a very inaccessible spot, and she is staying on it. What do I do? Take it when she gets up and replace with golf ball?
They have a nice coop...
I am. I have 10 girls 22-23 weeks, 6 different breeds-and NOTHING!!! I love my girls, but I want them to be more than ornamental. I've had egg song, squatting, beet red comb/wattle, etc. and still no eggs. Lights, golf balls in the nests, nice roomy coop, etc. It has to be soon, right?
Does anybody have egg dreams? I'm still waiting for my first egg, but I had the strangest dream: I hard boiled their first egg, and it looked just like a normal egg, but when I peeled it, it was metallic and sparkly and beautiful.
My first flock of 10. They are all between 18-21 weeks. No eggs so far. They coop at night and range in a fenced yard of about 1/3 acre during the day. If they lay in the yard, are they likely to make a nest? Drop them anywhere? Under brush? I am searching the yard every day. One of the...
OK I need advice on fencing. I have a flock of 10. They have a super secure coop, and an attached run that is 12x12. It has welded wire and poultry wire all around and ontop, including buried out 2 feet from run. I feel very good about it being predator proof.
BUT.....we let them out to...
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I'm a newbie with my first flock of: 2 b australorps, 2 RIR, 2 GLW, 2 SLW, and 2 Buff orpingtons. They are aged from 6-8 weeks. I know next to nothing, but my 2 australorps seem to have very different comb areas. One has a very small single comb starting like the RIR & buffs, and the...
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First flock. Babies coming in May (black australorps, rhode island reds, golden laced wyandottes, buff rocks, barred rocks). We are building a 4x8 coop for 8-10 chickens. Do we need to insulate the coop??
Thanks