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  1. Leghornmomma

    Going on vacation.

    Hello... we're going on vacation in September and I just want to be prepared before the time comes... have you ever paid someone to care for your chickens while your gone? We will be gone for 9 days in September. I'll have three 5 gallon waters and a feeder that holds 50 pounds of feed. So I...
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    Dust bathing in the nesting boxes UGH

    It's been almost year now with my original flock of 10 birds.. I recently got 10 more... they were 16 weeks old when I purchased them... the "babies" won't leave the hen house and go into the run with the older chickens.. I did have the older chickens out to free range for a few hours and left...
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    EASTER EGGER

    I recently found a local farm who sells pullets for a great price ... so the crazy chicken lady ( ME) 🤣 added a few more to her flock! I got 1 easter egger for my son .. I'm not sure who's more excited to see what color she'll lay 🤣 i was recently told you can tell the egg color by the ears...
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    Selling chicken eggs

    Curious to see what everyone is charging for their eggs?? I have 4 leg horns and 6 sapphire gem chickens 🐔 .. I recently started selling my eggs for $2.50 a dozen and they are going like hot cakes! 🤣 I'm certainly not complaining about that! Lol our store is selling them for $4.95 a dozen... and...
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    Egg laying brown eggs

    I have 6 sapphire gem chickens only 3 of them are laying right now. 1 lays a brown egg with white dots all over it. So pretty 😍 1 lays a solid brown egg. Another one lays a pale brown? Is this normal for it to be a pale color? It has been slightly darker but not by much.. I'm not sure who's...
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    Selling chicken eggs?

    Do you sell your eggs? How much do you sell them for? And do you wash them before hand? Right now my store has a dozen of egg for about $3.85 ... I was thinking of selling my eggs for $2.00 - 2.50.. I think that's reasonable.. I don't want to charge to much $$ and not sell any...
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    When will my chicken lay?

    I'm new to raising baby chicks, we've only ever bought laying hens in the past! We have leghorn chickens who started laying at 19 weeks old. We have since added 6 sapphire gem chicks to the group (25 cents a piece at rural king .. I couldn't pass up a good deal 🤣) they are 8 weeks old. Those of...
  8. Leghornmomma

    My girl 😄

    My favorite little lady 🥰
  9. Leghornmomma

    How can i easily determine rooster from hen at a young age??

    I have 6 sapphire gem chicks supposedly the same age... 3 have longer tail Feathers and 3 have short tail Feathers? Maybe they are slighting older the other 3?? second pictutre of another chick with its wing spread. Also has a longer tail.
  10. Leghornmomma

    Rooster or Hen?

    I've noticed one of my chickens tails looks a little different then the rest? Almost like her tail Feathers are always fanned out? I'm starting to think she might be a rooster 🤣 they will be 19 weeks on Monday.
  11. Leghornmomma

    How to get older chickens to love the babies.

    I have 4 leghorn chickens who will be 18 weeks old on Monday... we just stopped at rural king and got 6 babies (sapphire gem) 25 cents a piece! U can't pass up a great deal LOL!! ... my leg horns seemed okay with the babies at first but now they want to peck at the babies ugh! How do you get...
  12. Leghornmomma

    HELP!!!

    I just picked up a bag of pecking order treat for my ladies tonight, they just turned 17 weeks on Monday, I was about to give them a scoop of it until I noticed LIVE BUGS moving around in it.. they look like mites? Not 100% I know mites can be harmful. Would you still feed this to them? Is it...
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    Raising leghorn chickens

    My leg horn chickens will be 16 weeks old next Monday. What are some signs that they will start laying soon? Only 1 of my chickens is starting to get a big red comb. The other ones are growing slowly.
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