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  1. ChrisLehrer

    24 week RIRs, no eggs

    The title says pretty much everything. The combs also look undeveloped. I'm feeding pullet food and lots of scraps. Worried I might be feeding wrong? Or something else? Also hoping that starting a thread will prompt them....
  2. ChrisLehrer

    Starting from nothing

    Six RIR chicks just came home. Wish them luck! That's a nicely sealed fireplace, a heat lamp, and they're on newspaper with paper towels to start. Fifteen minutes after coming home, they're calm and drinking and eating. So far so good!
  3. ChrisLehrer

    Starting a flock and offered some hens... what to do?

    I'm very uncertain what to do, and hope you folks can advise. Here's the setup. We live in a rural area in New England and hope to have a flock of about 6 laying hens. I had originally planned to get 6 RIR chicks, having read that they're great in many ways but do tend to fight with chickens of...
  4. ChrisLehrer

    RIRs in MetroWest Boston?

    Hoping to get 6 finished young RIR hens, to start a new flock. The BYC hatchery lists don't show anything in Massachusetts. Thanks!
  5. ChrisLehrer

    Run size for constant compost foraging

    Still in the planning stages here -- we haven't closed on the house, for one thing. But my plan is to have 5-6 layers (I'm thinking heritage RIRs) and a pretty big run. I want to lay down a big base layer of hay and straw and start composting everything I can right in the run, so the girls can...
  6. ChrisLehrer

    Hi everybody

    My family are going to be moving from city to relatively rural. 3 acres, everyone around raises chickens, good feed and grain nearby. At this point it's all planning -- we haven't even closed on the house yet! -- but the kids and I are very excited about getting some hens. Looking forward to...
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