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    hen passed "meat lump"? Caution, gross pic's

    I found this on the poop board this morning. None of the hens seem to feel sick or anything. A few days ago I saw one of the hens running around with a chunk of something so I caught her and it was also a chunk of "flesh" but it looked different. I hope they are ok but like I said they all...
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    weak shells, laying at night

    I have free choice oyster shell in the coop but I am still having some shell weakness issues with 1 or 2 out of the 10. Some mornings there is a broken egg on the roost board or below it. They get their light turned on by 6:30 am and it is on til 6:30 at night. They get a small amount of...
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    Laying before dawn

    I have to do my chicken chores before sunup to get to work. I have been suprised with some eggs laid well before it is close to sun-up. The eggs are cool sometimes and I do check at night too. They seem to be finding their way down off the roost to the nest boxes. Granted, it is not a long...
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    Any Christmas chicken wishes?

    Has anyone asked for anything chicken related for Christmas? I'd like a heated water bowl/container that doen't need to be cleaned constantly. Any special chicken wishes out there to help you manage or expand your flock?
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    Introducing...Elvira... hen princess

    She seem to think she is a princess. She pecks me on the shin until I pick her up. She was closing her eyes while I held her today. I can't help but indulge her. I'm a sucker for her cooing and tilting her head up at me.. Yup, crazy chiken lady...
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    egg cracked before being laid, pic

    It is cracked but it healed over a bit in the hen it appears. This hen has always had kind of odd shaped eggs. When you tap them they sound like porcelain. Just an odd sound. They all get supplemental oyster shell and organic layer feed. Do you think she may not be eating enough of the...
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    my hen is laying too many eggs, help

    My lovely little GSL Rose lays a nice med-lg egg every day. Problem is that since she has started laying (1 month)about once a week she has problems in the afternoon where she obviously does not feel good and soon she has some drippage of egg white then later has a soft egg or egg without a...
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    Eggs, but no egg song!

    One of my RSL chickens started to lay about a week ago (medium size brown eggs). Now my producion red has laid a few days (lg brown). Today I found a pullet sized almost pinkish egg. I think it was from another RSL. But of all the eggs I have gotten I have not heard any egg song like "bok...
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    Pullet looking sick, layed white only

    My 16 week RSL has just started to lay in the past week. I think she laid one last week and she definitely laid one Sunday. This afternoon she is mopey and her back half is sort of "humped up". I isolated her in a large dog crate with shavings. I didn't see an egg protruding from her vent...
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    anti-crow halter for roos?

    Has anyone tried this? It could be like a horse halter design which allows them to eat and drink but not to open their yap fully to crow. Like a partial muzzle. Just a crazy idea.
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    BYC Calendar

    There are so many great photos posted by BCY members. Has anyone ever thought of a BYC calendar? With so many BYC members I am sure it would be a sell out. I would definitely buy one! What do you think?
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    When do wattles and comb start growing?

    My pullets are 12 weeks now and their combs and wattles are still pretty tiny. About when will they start to grow? Their bodies are a good size.
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    egg color question

    I noticed the other day the the inside wall of the brown eggs are white whereas the inside wall of the blue egg was blue. Why is that?
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    Roost squabbling-How much is normal?

    The 12 pullets are 8 weeks and have been using the "big girl" roosts now for over a week. They seem to want to fight over the end positions. I have two roosts that are about 30" high 6' long and parallel. There is plenty of room. Some try to step over, under, on others to get where they...
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    My 8 week old EE's (pics)

    This is Shadow. Not sure what name her color is going to turn out as. Silver? This is Lady Hawk. She is friendly and likes to be held. You can't see her muffs from this pic but they are way bigger than Shadow's. This is Sparrow. She is timid even though she is one of the larger chicks...
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    Help me convince them about a rooster!

    So, I have 12 pullets and I am raising 3 of them for a friend so I will end up with 9 hens. I saw a beautiful Americauna rooster for adoption at the local shelter that I really want. I have plenty of room with a big pen and coop. My husband says "no roosters!" but he also said "no chickens"...
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    The chicken corral pics

    So here is the chicken corral now that I figured out how to post pics. It is 24 feet square. One side is along the barn and leads into their palatial living quarters. I'll post pics of that later. It is 2x4 " welded wire from about 2 feet up and below that is hardware cloth with some in an...
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    Ameracauna or EE roo?

    Is this an Ameracauna or an EE? What is this color called?
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    rooster adoption?

    I was perusing the local animal shelter website and they have a pretty Ameracauna (probably EE) rooster. I have a lot of room and I think they are beautiful. Also I would like one to keep watch when free ranging (or maybe I just want an excuse to have one )I have 7 week old pullets. How long...
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    WTB BO, BR, JG pullets near So. N.H.

    I was hoping to get a BR, JG and or a BO pullet to put in with my babies when they are about the same age (4.5 weeks now)but I am having a hard time finding anyone that sells juveniles in my area (New Hampshire). Craigslist has full grown hens who may be older than stated. I'd rather introduce...
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