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    Fat Hen

    We just got 7 new hens in the spring to add to the two existing hens. All are healthy, doing well, and starting to lay. The three Barred Plymouth Rocks we got have developed into what you would call "healthy" girls if you were trying to be polite. One of them though, Florida, is downright...
  2. RickMiller

    Fat Hen

    We just got 7 new hens in the spring to add to the two existing hens. All are healthy, doing well, and starting to lay. The three Barred Plymouth Rocks we got have developed into what you would call "healthy" girls if you were trying to be polite. One of them though, Florida, is downright...
  3. RickMiller

    Lost our first chicken - cannibalism

    Because of snow on the ground our six chickens (9 months old) have been confined to the coop for the past two or three weeks. They have plenty of room (coop is 6'x7') fresh water, layer ration, a little treat just about daily (scratch or something else they like such as cottage cheese)...
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    Laying like crazy in confinement

    We are new to raising chickens and I noticed something interesting - wanted to see if anyone else had this issue. We are in NJ and have had snow on the ground for the past few weeks. Our six chickens (4 Austrolorps, 1 RR, and 1 P. Rock) usually spend the day outside in their run or just...
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    Egg Color

    Can the color eggs a chicken lays change? One of our chicks was laying greenish/grey eggs - was supposed to be a Plymoth Rock but I assume she has a little Easter Egger in her. Anyway, our chicks just started laying in November and this one was laying the colored eggs. I haven't gotten one...
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    Chicken Coop Design Mistakes - Read Before Building

    I built a coop this past summer for our six new hens. I took various parts of a bunch of different designs and pictures I found on-line and took into account the size of windows and a door I had on hand and I am mostly happy with how it came out. There is one problem though that I have not...
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