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    Caught my first egg!

    This afternoon I went to spend some time with the ladies and my BA was causing quite the ruckus. She kept going in and out, nesting for a few minutes, then leaving only to come back again. squuuuuaaaaaaaaAAAAK she would say, with the occasional encouraging bok from the BO while going in circles...
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    RSS Feeds?

    Will BYC forums have RSS feeds in the future? I tend to frequent specific forums within BYC and would find it easier to read than to bumping in and out to view updated conversations.
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    Do beaks grow back? Alpha hen vs Squirrel

    My browser barfed my post so here it is in short: I believe squirrel and alpha hen got in a fight. The front tip of hens beak snapped back, still attached like fingernail bet backwards, but edges are clearly broken. Scratch on comb, and injury at the top of the beak by the base of the comb that...
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    I crack up at the sound of flapping wattles

    My #1 finishes her dust bath with a thorough shake from tail to head. When the head shakes, the quarter sized wattles do too, slapping each other side to side in rapid 32nd note succession. Anybody else have similar chicken antics they find amusing?
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    1 laying, 2 not; feed running out, ok for layer feed?

    24 weeks on Friday. The RIR started laying Monday, and waiting for the other two. I probably have about 1-1.5 weeks of developer feed left. I already have layer feed, thinking they would all be laying by now. Would it be ok to go ahead and feed them all layer without buying another bag of dev?
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    Interrupting Egg Lay?

    Aye... so I usually drop in before I go to work to check on the girls and hand out treats. I checked via cam to see my first layer working on egg #3 in the nest box this early in the morning. Should I avoid visiting while they are doing their business??? Aye aye aye, I don't want to commit...
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    Defensive pullet; I've got your back hon?

    This evening when the girls were turning in to the coop for the night I always spend a few minutes with them to give them treats and to be a good host by making sure all their amenities are in order (fresh water, etc). I went to pet my most mature looking RIR (none of which are egglaying yet...
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    My internal self locking top slider pop door...Goonies style [pic hvy]

    I've been planning to make a post on this a while back, but... OH LOOK! CHICKENS! It's not something I had planned on doing at all, other than having a pulley to open the door from the outside. The door is fairly heavy, and slides past the bottom of the opening to reduce drafts. After testing...
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    We have Egg Song!!! But no egg, lol

    This afternoon I greeted my girls and they were impatient as usual, but instead of opening the pop door, I opted for the people door to check their status. They were all noticeably tense for unknown reasons, so I give up on talking to them and go to open the pop door when out come pouring the...
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    My hens have a visitor, what it is? UPDATE #2

    __________edit_update#2_pic on pg 5_________________________________________ A quick update. It's been just about 4 weeks now since the chukar has been mingling with the 3 chickens. It's still around and appears to be a success! I kept the chukar in the coop for a week while the girls go...
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    Chicken 1 - Keeper 0; They figured me out. [pic heavy]

    I have a webcam hooked up on the inside of the coop so that I can monitor and keep tabs of their behavior away from home. They ignore it most of the time but their keen eyes never miss a beat. When I checked in late this afternoon, Ruby (BA) was roosting close to the cam where it sits on its...
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    Do young pullets react like cats in heat?

    Ok, so I have three girls, two of which had inconclusive poll results here. The 99% BO pullet pretty much mimes a cat in heat when I pet her on my lap something fierce. Can this be used as a method to sex pullets? The girls are now 14 weeks, and I did a test on the other two after luring them...
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    Tell me I'm not the only one with a webcam in the coop...

    I get the eye-roll for every enhancement I make to the coop, and this certainly wasn't an exception when I decided to make use of a spare webcam in the coop. Now if I'm not with them outside, I'm watching them (like right now at work) remotely. Have I gone off the edge (yet?) or do I still...
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    Girls had their first taste of danger (mild) today

    I was sitting in the run watching the girls do their thing until one started sounding an alert, stretching her neck looking past me. The other two froze with the same neck stretch with their head to the side. It looked so weird seeing their neck that long! I heard some crunching behind me but...
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    Pullets Gender? RIR, BA, & BO. [large pics]

    I have 11 week (purchased as chicks, so more like 12) that I need some feedback on. I'm pretty sure the Buff Orpington is a hen, but the jury is out on the Black Australorp. Now we're starting to wonder if the RIR is a roo as well? When we got them as chicks, we guesstimaged them by size and...
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