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    Amateur 20-something Carpenter/Chicken-Lady Builds Upcycled Coop that Keeps Growing :)

    I am by no means a carpenter, but I do have a bachelor's degree in fine arts and my father is a builder. I absolutely LOVE working with tools and have since I was a small child. My father had me in a miniature tool belt and hard hat while I helped him out in the shop 🥰 My partner thinks I'm...
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    Large BR Pullet about to be 36 weeks and hasn't laid!

    Hi all! One of my two girls still hasn't laid her first egg and I'm beginning to worry. She's a rather large girl, I believe a BR, and close to 36 weeks. Is this normal?? My other girl is an Olive Egger, much smallet than the BR and started laying back in July. She's a solid every day layer...
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    7 Month old Hen stopped laying for a week, then passed this strange egg!

    Hi all! My young Olive Egger lady has been a faithful every day layer since she began about 2 months ago. She's skipped a day maybe once or twice, but overall has been really popping them out. Last week I began to feel concerned after she hadn't laid an egg for 3 days. I figured she was...
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    Help--Young Hen with Floppy Comb, normal?

    My Olive Egger is 25 weeks old, just started laying about 3 weeks ago. As her comb grew larger and redder, it began to fold over on itself. Is this normal? I read it can be an indication of illness so now I'm worrying. Shes active, alert, eating and drinking normally. No signs of respiratory...
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    Just needing more reassurance. Pullet with HUGE comb/wattles

    My big lady is now 25 weeks, no eggs yet but her comb and wattle began to redden and fill out about a week and a half ago. They are HUGE. Is this normal? I'm a newbie so worried about a surprise rooster as I just had to rehome one.
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    Please help on gender of this 20 week old "pullet"

    Starting to worry about having another rooster after finding out 1 of my 3 is a rooster when he started crowing this morning. This pullet is about 20 weeks now, not sure on the breed, but her comb is pale and small/thin and hasn't had much growth like the rooster has at this age. The only thing...
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    23 week old EE Pullet strange crowing??

    I got a sweet EE pullet from an individual who claims she's never sexed wrong. She's sweet and the bottom of the pecking order in our small flock of 3 ladies. She's always been very quiet until I noticed her making and odd roaring sound a few days ago in the afternoon. She loves my attention...
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    New EE pullet acting strange, please help!

    I lost one of my sweet girls last week in a freak incident. I only had two left, so I found a EE pullet around 13 weeks to take her place. She came from a small homestead that had very healthy chickens. She was supposedly raised by a broody silkie. I have been monitoring her and she seemed very...
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    First Chicken Coop- Upcycled Materials, In Progress! Suggestions please :)

    Building my first chicken coop, using mostly recycled materials that we've salvaged from a local place that barters materials for repurposing! The coop is for 3 Sapphire Olive Egger chickens. I haven't made a chicken coop before so friendly suggestions are appreciated ☺ Also we did not make...
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    GENDER GUESS FRIYAYYY-- Weekly Updates!!

    Hello everyone! Let's have some fun to mix in with the anxiety of not knowing what gender your chicks may be! Decided to create a thread for weekly progression posting and fun guessing on gender/breed Anyone is welcome to add their current mystery chicks and update each Friday! Don't stop until...
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    Progress Pics: Sapphire Olive Egger Chicks

    2 1/2 weeks 😊 Pearl is a lady, shy but sweet and needs to be close to her sisters: Dolly is more confident, sweet and doesn't mind being held ♡: Alma is a complete cuddler, loves getting scratches and sleeping in my palm: (notice my old boy Koda in the back working so hard to be good 😂)...
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    Adding Younger Chicks

    Hi everyone! I'm new to backyard chickens and I have my first 3 chicks at 2 1/2 weeks old (2 sapphire olive eggers, 1 unknown black chick) I got them all at Rural King when they were just unfeathered balls of fluff. The two olive eggers are "supposed" to be sexed female. I was only intending...
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    What the heck do I have here??

    Hi everyone!! This is Alma 😊 She (or he 😬) is a very sweet, cuddly, fuzzy 2 1/2 week old chick. I got her from a Rural King about a little over a week ago. I orginally went in for 2 sapphire olive eggers sexed "female", turned around and asked him to throw in one more. There were 3 different...
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    Hello Everyone!

    Hi guys! I'm a first time backyard chicken momma with 3 young chicks ♡ Currently situated in Gainesville, FL on a small "house-stead" that wishes to be a homestead despite the neighborhood vibes 😂 I have always wanted to raise chickens, now with the start of my compost and getting my raised bed...
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