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  1. shell25

    My First 3 Eggs

    This is the chicken, this pick was took 3 month prior to egg laying
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    Help! Messy Chicken = Cracked Eggs??

    One of my pullets finally started laying a the weekend (the 1st was done outside), so i have been keeping them in the coop till after laying, i clean them out every week and always put plenty of straw/shavings in the nest box & coop, the only problem is they dont like how i do it they kick it...
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    5 days only 3 eggs??

    One of my pullets started laying at the weekend, the first egg was sat and she layed it in the garden, the 2nd was sunday and was done in her coop the 3rd was yesterday and was done in the run, why as she seemed to have missed a day, nothings changed to her daily routine.
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    Wooo--oooh Got My 1st Egg Today!!! :-) Edible???

    Really strange my 2 pullets are nearly 7 month old, and today whilst out free ranging one of them layed an egg at the top of our garden steps, really excited!! Is the 1st egg safe to eat as a remember reading somewhere that you should not eat either first egg, or the first weeks worth of...
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    6 month old & still NO eggs!!

    Ive got two pullets that are between 6-7 month old, and we have still not got 1 single egg! Am i doing something wrong? fresh water every day, layers pellets provided all day, coop cleaned out once a week?
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    Shredded Paper, Yes Or No?

    Can Shredded Paper Be Put In The Chicken Coop Nesting Area? Ive Got Bags Of This Stuff But Wanted To Check 1st, In The Uk The Temps Really Dropping Now And Were Still Recovering From Over 18" Of Snow, I Previosuly Just Added Sawdust??
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    Let It Snow, Let It Snow??

    On the UK for the past 4 days we have had really heavy snow reaching nearly 1 foot deep so far and still going strong. Needless to say the chickens only put their foot out of the coop for a second, the problem is there water keeps freezing im going out every few hours to defrost and top-up...
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    What am i?

    This is my "pullet" whose around 18 week old, i think CM, what do you folk think on the breed and more impotantly the gender? This is "her" between 10-12 weeks: No rooish behavior or no eggs, got really chunky and the comb bigger in the last 2 weeks, comb leans slightly to one side.
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    Gender & Breed ID on my 17 Wk Old Pullet?? Up to Date Pics

    I posted a post about a week ago about my uncorfirmed pullet and the feedback i got was mixed, Im now thinking Cuckoo Maran, originally told BR, but ruled that breed out due to the legs being creamish rather than yellow, started showing the odd brown feather now vow? Also still unsure as to boy...
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    Breed & Gender Id On My 16 Wk "pullet"??

    Im still trying to figure out what breed and sex this is, its between 16-17 weeks, ive had mixed comments some say roo and some say pullet and i really dont know, i posted some pics when it was around 8-9 week old and all came back and said pullet, the other day i wasn't sure when i opened the...
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    Please Tell Me You Dont See A Roo??

    Im thinking i may have a roo, ive got what i thought were 3 pullets, i was told i have a BR, Splash and BA, i was told these breeds when i first got them so i may even have the wrong breeds. They are apparntly 16 week old but i think the splash & ba are alot younger as they are tiny compared to...
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    What age will they lay??

    Im new to the whole chicken thing and had my 1st 3 pullets for several weeks now, i think they are between 14-15, i have a splash, br and ba, im just wondering what the average age for egg laying is and what are the signs i need to look out for that they are going to start laying soon?
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    What breed & Gender am i?

    Ok so we swapped what we was told was a pullet but turned out to be a roo. This is the "pullet" we swapped him for. Im just wanting confirmation that she is infact a she and any help on the breed, she is pictured with my other 2 pullets that we have 3 weeks and i think they around 12 week old...
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    Pellets?

    Ive got 3, 10-11 week old pullets, they are currently on growers pellets, mixed grit and what ever they pick up when free ranging. Im wonder what age i will need to start putting them on layers pellets?? (ive still got virtually a full bag of pellets since theres only 3 of them they dont eat...
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    Whats wrong with my chick?

    We got 3 pullets 3 weeks ago that are around 10-12 weeks, one of them as started making this funny noise thats like a really weird sneeze and when she does it she moves her head funny aswell and also she keeps opening her beak and closing it as if gasping for air. The other 2 are fine and not...
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    Roo or Pullet?

    Hiya Recently found out one of my girls was a boy, swapped for hopefully another girl, Im just hoping one of the pullets we got with him is a she and not he, no crowing yet, but how she acts makes me wonder, if i open the coop roof rather than putting head down like my other pullet she stands...
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    Will they get on??

    Hi To cut along story short we purchased what we thought was 3 pullets about 3 weeks ago i had my suspisions one was a roo which was confirmed yesterday when he was mounting another chick, we quickly got him in a box and returned him to seller who gladly swapped him for a she (hope so), anyway...
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    Chicken Flu??

    Hi all, Ive only had my chickens 3 weeks, to cut a long story short we bought what we thought were 3 pullets but it transpires today that 1s a roo, which we returned to who we purchased them from and swapped him for another her, when we handed the roo over he said he had a cold, how do you know...
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    He or She??

    Hi, im new by the way. 3 weeks ago we purchased 3 8 week old pullets (they are around 11 weeks now, but think the 1 in question is maybe a few weeks older) I cant quite make my mind up if its a roo as it looks differnt to my other 2 pullets or maybe this is because she's older. Ive had a few...
  20. shell25

    Coop Cleaning... How Often??

    Hiya Ive only been a chicken owner for a week and 1 day now (cleaned 3 times already), and im wondering how often i should be cleaning their coop out, they have got a run attached to it and free range for about 2-4 hours per day, but their coop gets quite dirty very quickly. Can any1 help as...
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