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    Adopted a new girl today - Questions

    I went to the feed store for organic lay feed today and came home with a new chicken instead. I have some questions about her and about eventually blending her with my current flock. I have two girls (EE and RIR) who were raised together along with another RIR who passed away in January...
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    Wanting to add to my existing flock

    This question could really go into several sections, so feel free to move to the most appropriate one, Mods. We live in the city and are limited in the number of chickens we can have. We first got our 3 girls in Spring 2006 - two RIRs and an EE. Sadly, we lost one of our RIR's in January...
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    Sick Little Penny Girl :-( RIP 3-27-2006 - 1-4-2010

    My girl, Penny, isn't feeling well. She's a 3 year, 9 month old RIR. She has a history of soft shelled eggs, but has been in a molt for a little while and hasn't been laying. She's normally a very solid bird, full of energy, curious, and sweet. Two days before Christmas, I noticed that she...
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    *3* is a lucky number . . .

    . . . or it is today, anyway. On the 3rd day of the 3rd month I got 3 eggs from my 3 hens who will be 3 years old in 3 weeks and 3 days.
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    Is this some kind of record???

    213 days. 2 days shy of 7 months. Nope, I'm not talking about age at first lay. It has been 213 days since my EE laid her last egg on July 19th. I was sure that my (now) nearly 3 year old girl had just retired from the egglaying business but it looks like she's back in action! Elsie FINALLY...
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    1000

    Nearly 2 years at BYC (and at EZ BYC before that) and I'm just now reaching 1000 posts! I'll enjoy it while it lasts. I'm sure with the Big Delete, I'll be back to being Overrun With Chickens any day now.
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    The Official "Hey Grandpa" Recipe Thread

    This is the Official "Hey Grandpa" Recipe Thread, created to retain all the wonderful recipes posted in the "Hey Grandpa" thread. With the Big Delete about to take place, we can all work together to bring those recipes over before they're lost forever. Here's how to do it: 1. Get your...
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    Older EE's

    What is your experience with older EE's? Do yours continue to lay as they get older like some breeds do, or do yours quit? At what age? I have three girls, 2 RIR and 1 EE who were hatched in March 2006. This past May and June, all three girls were laying 4 - 6 eggs a week. The 1st week of...
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    Voting with Absentee Ballots

    Please, this post is not meant to become a political discussion. But, because this is important enough to our US democracy, this is important for you to know if you vote via absentee ballot. And it's important no matter your political party. If you receive a letter from a political candidate...
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    Age, New Food, or very slow molting? (UPDATE with photos on Pg. 2)

    I have 3 girls (RIR and EE) who were hatched in late March 2006, so they're now 2 1/4 years old. They molted this winter and began laying again in late January. Up until recently, I was getting 14 - 17 eggs a week from the three of them, typically 5 - 6 a week from the RIRs and 4 - 5 a week...
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    Soft Shelled Egg

    My three girls have been in various stages of molt for the past several months. Their "hatchday" was March 27, 2006 so this was their first major molt and I'm therefore new to all of this. Someone has laid a soft shelled egg off the roost and I'm wondering who and if this is normal when...
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    Grateful

    I just wanna say how grateful I am for so many things. - To my two wonderful kids. Each and every day when they come home from school, they run out to the yard and play with the chickens. Yesterday, they noticed that one of our girls, Penny, was limping. They let me know right away. - To...
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    Ahem. . . Jordan. . . .

    It's Thursday.
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    First major molt

    My EE, who is nearly 17 months old, has begun her first major molt. At least, I'm assuming this is what it's going to be. She has had a couple of other molts previously - one that ran from mid-November to late December when she was 8 months old. She then resumed laying for 6 weeks, then...
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    Preserving the food you grow

    I've been a gardener for years but since having chickens, I'm getting even more serious about it. Chickens are helping to turn me into a greenie, local food, sustainable living, organic as much as possible (yay chicken poo!) kind of gal. With this budding mindset it seems that it would be...
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    EARTH DAY - What are you doing to better the environment?

    I've always tried to be conscious of the environment, do my part, not litter, etc. But, in the past year, I've been making more serious strides to not contribute to the problem. I'm looking for more things to do to help. I thought Earth Day would be a nice day to explore this together. What...
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