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  1. MamaLisa1976

    2 yr old Hen... CROWING?

    Hi all, The weirdest thing just happened to me... I'm enjoying a cup of coffee and wrapping some gifts for a baby shower; got my screen door open to let the fresh air in since it's a nice cool morning. We have 3 hens currently... one is Aurora, from the "first batch" of chicks, about 2.5 yrs...
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    Now that our chickens are laying, is it possible for the same hen to lay both white and brown eggs?

    I read somewhere that you look at the color of their "ears" to determine if they will lay brown or white eggs. Well we have 3 white hens, a brown hen, and a black & white rooster. Our brown hen seems to be the only one laying so far, (They're only 4 mo old and we just got our first 5 eggs in the...
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    What do different chicken/rooster calls mean? (I'm a newbie)

    Got our 5 chickens right around St. Pat's day, they were 1 day old. Hens never made any sounds, until today. Our one rooster has been crowing and crowing, and today I heard him and another hen just "buck-buck-bucKAAW!" back and forth for about 20 minutes. I thought maybe our hen laid a new egg...
  4. MamaLisa1976

    First time with backyard chickens, a few questions...

    We got our first 5 chicks this past March. We have 1 rooster and 4 hens. We kept them inside the house in a makeshift "coop" until my husband finished building them a nice coop outside, with roost and nests for the hens. They are about 4 months old now and we are excited to see that first egg...
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