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    Mixes chicken, mixed eye color?

    I’m still pretty new to chickens and had a broody hen hatch out one mixed chick, BPR x Silkie bantam. He’s cute and just started crowing at about 12 weeks. However, I was carrying him around yesterday and noticed that one eye is golden, the other is 2/3 golden and 1/3 dark. I don’t see any sign...
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    Requiem for Babypeep?

    I sincerely hope I’m not writing an obituary. My husband texted me that our silkie bantam hen didn’t show up for treats this morning and hasn’t come back to roost tonight. We didn’t mean to get a silkie in the first place when we picked out our first dozen chickens, but being as new to chickens...
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    She did it!

    My broody hen successfully hatched three of her four eggs! (The fourth one vanished during week two, we can only speculate what got it.) So excited for these cuties! :celebrate
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    The broody twins

    My mixed flock of 6 month-old chickens has its first broody hen. We think she’s a Cuckoo Maran. She went broody about a week ago and has been sitting on a small clutch of viable eggs for four days. We have her separated and let her out in the late afternoon to get a drink and some food (although...
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    Frying eggs on the sidewalk!

    It’s hot here in PA, the chickens decided to try cooking an egg on the concrete. Seriously, someone laid an egg on the back porch yesterday afternoon. The first thing I heard was my husband ask “what are they eating?”, and I spot Mika and the three roosters pecking at an egg yolk. I shooed them...
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    First egg, but whose???

    Checked the nest boxes today just to clean up any messes, found this pretty brown speckled egg, three weeks before I was expecting any! I have two Wyandotte’s, three cuckoo marans, a buff Orpington, a barred rock, an Asian black, and a silkie bantam. The buff and the Asian have been attracting...
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    Limping Pullet

    My 14-week-old Buff Orpington pullet has been limping for three days now. She is up and moving around but will hold her right foot up when still and favors it heavily when running. Her behavior is otherwise normal. I suspected Bumblefoot but when I caught her and checked her feet they look...
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    Scared chickens?

    My dozen eight-week-olds have been outside in their coop/run for a week now and normally are scattered around, calm and content. I’ve been warned about predators in the area by other chicken keepers, so I’ve been only letting them into the covered run when someone is home, and at various times...
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    I finally have chickens... and lots to learn!

    Hi! I’ve been wanting chickens for years now, and finally moved someplace where they aren’t just accepted, but practically expected, so I brought home a dozen chicks eight weeks ago. They are cute and funny, but definitely hitting the teenager phase. We moved them out to their coop last weekend...
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