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    Getting free produce - is more protein necessary?

    Hi! We have a local store that’s donating their “old” produce to us for our chickens, who are LOVING it, but it made me wonder if I need to somehow up their protein intake. I use purina layer feed, and we get the produce 2-3 times a week. I’m sure since those days their protein ratio would be...
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    Who laid this??

    This is the third egg I've found that looks like this, and I have NO idea who laid it. I use the handy dandy chicken chart to see who it could possible be, and I'm still stumped. None have been in the nest box yet, so hopefully whoever it is figures that out soon! Possible layers: Hatched 1/17...
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    Pullet or cockerel take 2...

    Ok, noticing some odd behaviors, and now that I know my lavender Orpington is actually a boy, I'm thinking my black Ameraucana/EE may be too?? No long tail feathers yet, but her? comb is larger than her siblings, and she has what looks like hackle feathers? She's closing in on 5 months old...
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    Pullet or Cockerel?

    I got what I thought was a lavender Orpington pullet (now think it's a lavender cuckoo Orpington), hatched mid February, about 6 weeks ago. Now I'm wondering if she's a he?! She's always been bigger than her sister, longer legs, bigger comb...but now I'm noticing the curled tail and her neck...
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