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    Changed Egg color, Jersey Giants?

    So we've got 9 Barred Rock, 8 Golden comets, 8 Jersey Giants. They'll be 2 years old this memorial Day. All hens, except for maybe a couple Jersey Giant roosters. They have laid up to 24 eggs in a day. Each of the three varieties lays a distinctively colored egg-golden comets lay darker brown...
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    Molt started? Will laying return?

    Hi y'all. We currently have a mixed flock of golden comets, Jersey Giants, and barred rocks. We bought them at the end of May, 2020. They began laying that fall, and continued thru winter with supplemental lighting. Laying has been below average the past month or so. I realized I forgot...
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    Lighting for winter laying

    Ok, so we are 3 months into the chicken game, and things are going well. We've got barred rocks, Jersey giants, and golden comets. None have laid eggs yet, but I suspect there golden comets will start, sometime this month or next. We are setting our coop up for the winter months. We'd like...
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    A different Brooder heater

    Hey, So we finally got some chicks, 10 each of Cornish broilers, barred rocks, jersey giants, and golden comets. We plan to butcher the broilers and a few of the jersey giants, leaving about 25 hens for laying thru winter. We were at a loss for heating the Brooder, thinking about heating...
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    First Coop design....

    Hello all, I’m looking for input into the design of our first chicken coop. It should be a good family project. We are looking to build ourselves. I’ve done interior remodeling (stud framing, wiring, drywall) a few times, and a little roofing, so I think the carpentry should be OK to tackle...
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    New member intro

    Hello all, from northeast South Dakota! (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? . .. Had some RI reds as a kid, growing up on a farm. (2) How many chickens do you have right now? None. We've planned to get chickens for a long time, but haven't carried thru. (3)...
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