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    What types chickens lay blue/green eggs?

    We have Americana, RIR, Polish that are tan or gray, a mixed blue lace wyandotte, and another mix that might be part Wyandotte or Easter egger.
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    South Georgia snowwoman

    Southwest Georgia, where it rarely snows. We got 6" Tuesday. Meet my creation, Coolette. Gee, I should have made some snow chickens!!!
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    Almost thrown away

    A hen hatched out chicks and abandoned the nest. We waited to see if she would go back, but she did not. There were a few unhatched eggs. My daughter was about to discard them when she heard chirping. My granddaughter insisted on trying to save the chick. She gently removed the shell, cleaned it...
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    Interesting rooster

    He is a pretty rooster. The mother is probably RIR, but doubt the father is the RIR rooster, not with those white tail feathers. I am thinking it must be one of the barnyard leghorn roosters we had. They were young, but evidently able.
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    Black hen and her black son

    We have one black hen. Roosters were at one time a RIR and the pictured Polish rooster. The son is black. With the little tuft on top of his head, I think he was fathered by the polisher. Your opinion
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    Chickens like day time roost

    This is in the middle of the chicken yard. They all roost in the coop at night, but enjoy this during the day
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    Gender at 11 weeks?

    These are a barnyard mix. I am thinking both are female. What do you think?
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    What to do with growing chicks

    I have one hen and one rooster. My flock has doubled with the hatching of two chicks from them. They are 4 weeks old now. I would like to keep my rooster. Doesn't that mean that I need to find a home for the chicks if they are pullets? You don't want the father rooster fertilizing the eggs of...
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    Pallet lumber, etc.

    Made with pallet lumber, an old window access door, with horse shoe handle and latch. Works great. The access ramp for the chickens leads out to a big chicken yard. Feed stays dry under the coop
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    Mama hen has brought her babies out

    This hen hatched out 8 of 10 eggs. Three didn't make it. Looks like we have three Rhode Island Reds, a RIR/Americana mix and a RIR/Polish mix. She kept them in the coop for a couple of days. Now she has them out in the chicken yard
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    When can I expect eggs again?

    My hen went broody and hatched out two chicks, which are doing fine. They are almost 4 weeks old now. How long does it take mama hen to start laying again
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    When does chick development start

    It was my first try hatching eggs, using a Broody hen to incubate. I have two chicks doing nicely in the run with it's mother. Next time, when a hen goes Broodie, is it best to put eggs under her that have the same laying date, or does development begin when they are placed under the hen (or put...
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    Southwest Georgia new member

    My first year and a half with chickens has not been good. Between neighborhood dogs and an unwise purchase leading to sickness in my flock of 8, I now have only one sturdy barnyard mix leghorn hen who survived it all. A friend of mine gave me a barnyard mix rooster. They have been doing great...
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    Hen is not sitting on pipping egg

    I have a hen who has sat on eggs for the first time. She came out with two chicks and would not sit on remaining eggs. I was getting eggs out of the nest, after 24 hours. I hear peeping in at least one. What do I do
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