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    When is she going to lay??

    This is my EE she is 6 months and 1/2 old when do you think she will start to lay?? She is mating but no squatting. I started to notice today how red her comb had gotten!! Do you guys know if she will start to lay soon or when approximately she will lay??!
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    Easter Eggers

    I have been trying to do research on Easter Eggers for a while now and I realized that we don't have a page about them!! It's so hard to find anything online so I am making this in the hopes that people will use it to tell and learn information about EE's These are my two EE's they are 6 months...
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    -40 with windchill What do I do?!

    Next week we are supposed to have -40 degrees fahrenheit with windchill what do I do?! I don’t want them to die!!!! This is their current setup is there anything else I can do?
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    Black Sumatra

    No matter how hard I look no one knows about the Black Sumatra! So I am starting this thread for any black Sumatra owners, past owners, or just people who are interested in or know about Black Sumatra. I can't even find out when they start laying!!! Here is my Pullet Sam she is 8 months old and...
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    -30 Weather What to do?

    Tomorrow and Friday is supposed to be -30 degrees Fahrenheit with wind chill we put up tarps and insulation. Is there anything more that we can do?!
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    Here is My Flock What Are Your Thoughts

    9 of my pullets are 6 months and 5 days my 10th pullets is 8 months old she is a black sumatra. Cockerels are 8 months as well. No one has started laying yet. Pullets Ruby (RIR) Ester and Willow (EE) Buffy (BO) Sam (Black Sumatra) Aunika (Welsummer) Lacie (BA) Alice (Cuckoo Maran) Easter (New...
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    Is this normal??!!

    I have been trying to do research so that I wouldn't have to bother all of you but I can't find anything helpful or at all related to my search. When I went to check on my chickens I noticed that one of my hens was mating when before she wouldn't let any of my roosters near her, yet when I went...
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    Chickens Are Scared To Go Into The Nesting Box

    Why won't my chickens go into their nesting box? Here are some pictures, is there anything wrong with it? I tried putting one in there to show that they would go into it but she ran straight out what should I do? There are now more pine shaving around it and in it.
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    Is This Normal?! Tail Fanning

    Is this normal and if so why do only two of my pullets do this??And they only do it if I pick them up.
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    How Soon Will I Get Eggs?

    How soon will I get eggs do you think? The Black Shiny one is 8 months old on the 26th and she is a Black Sumatra and I am sure you recognize all of the other breeds and if you don't I will tell you if you ask. But the other ones are 6 months and 5 days old.
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    Frostbie What do I do?

    When I went out to check on my chickens today I found that all 4 of my roosters have frostbite on their combs and it is only supposed to get colder this week! We put a tarp over their coop in hopes of making it hotter inside. But is there anything else we can do? I don't want their combs to fall...
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    How Big is a Full Grown Hen?

    I have 10 hens and I want to know how big they will get. I have a Cuckoo Maran,Blue Andalusian, 2 EE, RIR, Buff Orpington, Welsummer, Black Sumatra, Black Australorp, and a New Hamshire Red. I don't know how much they are supposed to grow. Does anyone have any pictures of you holding a hen or a...
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    Nesting Box Dilemma

    I have heard that you can use many things as a nesting box but I don't know what to use I need something cheap but reliable. I have 10 hens so I don't know how many boxes I need! Do you have nesting boxes on the ground or in the "air" please help because my hens need somewhere to lay. They are...
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    Why are my chickens not laying?

    I have 14 chickens, 4 rooster Rockey (Barred Rock), Speckels (Speckled Sussex), Pat (Partridge Cochin), Dave (White Cochin) and 10 hens Buffy (Buffed Orpington), Ruby (Rhode Island Red), Easter (New Hampshire red, we first thought that she was an Easter egger but decided to keep her name!)...
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    Just Joined

    HI I am new here and I just wanted to introduce myself! I have 14 chickens, 4 rooster Rockey (Barred Rock), Speckels (Speckled Sussex), Pat (Partridge Cochin), Dave (White Cochin) and 10 hens Buffy (Buffed Orpington), Ruby (Rhode Island Red), Easter (New Hampshire red, we first thought that she...
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    My Rooster SAT on My Hen

    This afternoon I was feeding my chickens when I turned around and saw that my white cochin rooster was sitting on my black Australorp. She hasn't started laying yet so I "kicked" him off. So I was wondering if any of you know why that happened?! Thanks, Concerned Chicken Mom
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