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    Excess Calcium?

    I have 11 pullets 7 RIR and 4 Deleware. They are 22 1/2 weeks old. I started getting eggs last Tuesday. I got 1 that day, none on Wenesday, and have gotten 1 everyday since last Thursday all the way to today(Monday) where I got 3. All the eggs have been laid in the nest boxes and have been hard...
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    Finally

    Almost gave up checking nest boxes for the first time in probably two straight weeks. Luckily I decided to check as this time there was a second egg next to a ceramic one in a nest box. Small but basically perfect. Not soft at all and I only feed Purina Flock Raiser with oyster shell on the side...
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    Cockerels backing up other cockerels

    So I have noticed when I'm occasionally asserting my dominance with my 3 cockerels(20weeks today), whether that be thumping my chest or having to give them occasional slow chase, that the two cockerels that are not my targets seem to like come to the aid of the targeted. They will usually begin...
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    Now 18 weeks old Deleware Cockerel-Edenton NC

    Really growing into a nice looking bird. Very curious but respectful of humans still. Just learned how to call the girls over recently. New pics are of him at 18 weeks. Old are 13 1/2 weeks.
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    Laying age during fall season start

    My hens will be 14 weeks this coming Friday the 11th. Which means they are approaching laying age in the midst of a season change. I'm wondering what will happen if I don't supplement light in a few weeks. Will they just go all winter without starting to lay their first eggs until spring? Is...
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    Chickens looking to me for roosting

    Hello, my chickens will be 9 weeks old on Friday. You can find the story in this thread. https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/1006673/story-of-a-boy-and-his-chickens The problem lately is when dark comes around all of them jump in the coop and run to the corner and squak and cry and jump on each...
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    GLW Cockerel/Rooster Experiences

    Any experience with GLW roosters? My only one came from Murray McMurray so no special heritage or anything and will be 7 weeks old on Friday. I have one deleware cockerel, and one RIR cockerel plus Elvis( the GLW). They each have traits I like and don't. I am going to try and keep 2 of them. The...
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    GLW Sex

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    Story of a boy and his chickens.

    I have many pictures and will probably break this into a few post. My name is Zack, I recently moved to Edenton NC where I purchased a house and 4 acres of land. I received my 14 little girls and guys 6 weeks ago from Murray McMurray and have been enslaved to building and tending to chickens...
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    New from Edenton NC

    My name is Zack I'm 24 and recently moved to Edenton NC where I purchased a home and 4 acres of land. 6 weeks ago I received 14 cute little chics from Murray McMurray. I have almost completed my coop(chickens went in Friday) and started the run today. I will be posting my story with pictures soon!
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