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    9 Months Old - no eggs yet

    Hi Everyone, I FINALLY got my first egg this weekend - from my 6 month old Barred Rock (a beautiful, large, solid brown egg - most eggciting thing ever!). BUT my 9 month old EE (born Feb 2 - so 43 weeks old this week) still hasn't laid and doesn't look like she is ready to. Her crown is not...
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    7 Month old EE not laying...

    I have a 7 month old EE (she was born February) who STILL isn't laying. All of her siblings (they're still with the farmer I got her from) have been laying for a month to 6 weeks...but she is not. I've checked the coop inside and out and have found no hidden eggs (non of my pullets lay yet, so...
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    Canadian Winters - insulate?

    Hi everyone, I'm building a new coop for my four hens higher up off the ground and I'm wondering if I should be insulating? There will continue to be vents at the top of the coop for air flow but I'm in Canada and the winters can get real cold... I will use the deep litter method to hopefully...
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    Pullets STILL not laying...are they roosters??

    Hi Everyone, I have four pullets who haven't laid yet. The white one is 6 months old, the barred rock is almost 5 months old and the two gold laced wyandottes are 15 weeks old. While I know they start laying at any time within this time frame - I can't believe that I still don't have an egg...
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    EE - late layer??

    Hi Everyone, Is it possible for an EE to be a "late bloomer" with egg laying? I have an EE pullet, Splash, who is supposed to be 24 weeks old (when I bought her 4 weeks ago the owner said she was "about" 5 months old) and she still hasn't laid an egg. The day I bought her, I could have sworn...
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    Final Verdict??

    HI Everyone, I have posted this chick multiple times as she aged, receiving mostly "pullet" as a guess - but I recently rehomed all of my roosters, and she has suddenly become very curious and nosy. So what do you think - pullet or rooster? If she's a rooster, now is the time to rehome her...
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    Rooster in Disguise

    Hi Everyone, I have a bit of a predicament. I got six chicks together, 3 of which turned out to be roosters. As they aged, it was nice to have them all the same age because the roosters were really obvious - and it helped to determine who was, or was most likely, a pullet. Once I was fairly...
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    New Pullets - integration question

    Hi, I got two new pullets - around 6 weeks old. My current chicks are 9-10 weeks old. I kept the new babies in a space nearby so they could get used to each other and the sounds - and now I've introduced them. Two of the current chicks - one pullet and one rooster - are chasing and trying to...
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    EE Roo?

    Is this one an EE roo? He is way behind my other two roosters in comb and wattle development so I'm not really sure - but he has a lot of comb. I know it's a single comb and not pea comb, but he has the beard of an EE starting. He's around 9 or 10 weeks. Thanks everyone!
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    Mystery Chick

    Any ideas on breed and gender of my black chick?? Black comb - pea like, black legs, black underside to feet. Light bluish tinge to feathers. She/He is 10 weeks old and virtually no comb, vs. my roosters who are full comb and wattle...so I am thinking she but I am not at all sure. Sits low to...
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    Grit and Vitamins

    What do you guys use for Grit and where do you get it from? My chicks are old enough to get veggies now so I want to make sure I have some in there for them. Some threads said sand, some said ground oyster - but aside from the sand, I don't know where to find it. TSC doesn't have any, and the...
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    Crazy Hair!

    This is Stark - my little man/lady (still don't know) of unknown breed - but with a whole lot of personality to match the crazy hair! Anyone else have a bird with such nutty hair? So cute!
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    Four roos? Please help!

    Hi Everyone, I've had trouble determining what I have so now that they're older - I hope it's easier to gauge. I'm a first time owner and can't keep the roos. I have my suspicions but am wondering what you think. They're around 2 months old. How many roos do you see? Obviously Butterscoth...
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    Holy crow!

    On Saturday I was in the kitchen making lunch and I heard this god awful sound coming from the laundry room where our brooder is. I have a particularly plucky little roo (Luke) that likes to fight with my sweet Columbian roo (Butterscotch-the-cow) who is double his size - but the Columbian...
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    Black feathers with blue sheen, black flat comb, black feet???

    Hi Everyone! Any ideas on breed and gender of my all black chick? I was thinking pullet but because the comb took so long to develop but without knowing the breed it's tricky!! She's 7 weeks old - all black with a blue sheen, black comb that is flat with bumps on it, black legs. Thanks for your...
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    Roos coming out the wazoo!!

    So I got six chicks, and it looks like 3 might be roosters. Womp, womp. Here's a better pic of crowns. I know it's hard to be sure with only crowns but all three of the ones with big crowns, also have thick feet. The Columbian I know is a rooster - he has been one clearly since we...
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    Newbie chicken-mama with mixed chicks

    Hi Everyone, The chicks I got from a hobby breeder who said they easter egger mixes. When they were little they looked like the pics I found of easter eggers but now - well, it seems like over night they have developed quite a bit of colouring and unique feathers. None of them look alike - the...
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    The Ladies have Arrived!

    Hi Everyone, My name is Raven - I am a Canadian new-to-chickens hobby chick owner. I have 6 chicks, 5 easter egger hens (hopefully) and one Leghorn Rooster. They are 5 weeks old, so I am sure we will have less hens and more roosters in a couple weeks but for now I'm hoping they're all hens...
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