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    Green Eggs and genetics

    We have a blended flock and have a second generation hen, her Roo was a sapphire gem that looked like a cooper maran, and her hen was obviously a buff brahma because she carries most of those characteristics. My question is, where did she get the green eggs?? Our gem and brahmas lay pale...
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    Can’t afford rising feed prices

    I’ve seen online that some people go feed-free with whole grain berries, bugs, and other foraging. Has anyone here tried to cut back amounts by a good deal or even entirely omitted chicken feed? I was planning on letting them summer over my garden bed this year instead of gardening, but...
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    ‘Don’t count your chickens before they hatch’

    Never been more true! We had 4 hens setting on a total of 30 eggs, 2 hatched. One just passed. So we have one chick for weeks of less egg production. One hen is sitting on a new batch (she is the veteran and we hope for better results) but we were hoping for a good flock rotation and now I guess...
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    Been lurking, finally joined. Experienced hen mama

    Hello from hot swampy ENC, mama of 6(one on the way) children, and big hen to about 30 chickens of varying varieties. We partly free range, natural feed, deep litter, and they watch over my garden in the winter. Hello to all here!
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