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  1. lauracarmer

    wacky egg week

    All of the sudden my girls started laying like crazy, even in the cold and wet of winter! My RIR is slowly becoming more regular at laying, but still does it with a lot of drama. My Ameraucanas just started laying. I got 4 green eggs this week and one tiny rosy brown one (that I thought was...
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    how long between first egg and the next?

    My remaining bantam RIR laid her first egg almost 2 weeks ago. Today she laid her second. She seems to have a very hard time laying. Today it took between 2-3 hours and our OEG alpha hen was going nuts. If she didn't lay eggs I'd think she was a rooster! Last week we got 2 Ameraucana pullets...
  3. lauracarmer

    any bantams need homes? socal

    I'd like two bantam girls to keep my remaining two hens company. I'm really interested in dark or colored egg layers, but am open to whatever is out there. Thanks!
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    identification please?

  5. lauracarmer

    scaly leg mites!

    In finding and posting to this board the other day when my little RIR bantam became egg-bound, I realized through the wealth of information here that our older chicken - another craigslist freebie, our first chook, in fact - has a terrible case of scaly leg mites! I really thought that's the way...
  6. lauracarmer

    egg-bound and won't pass - UPDATE

    UPDATE: She didn't make it. We tried everything we had available to us, but the egg broke inside her and she couldn't expel the rest so we had to put her down. Thanks for the advice. This is the first hen we've lost. We've only had 3 backyard hens since this summer and the two little ones (which...
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