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    My 11 Chickens had to be re-homed.

    About a week ago a police officer came to my front door and asked me if I had chickens, because he thought he had heard chickens clucking. I told him yes, that I had gotten an okay from the village clerk who said I could have them unless someone complained. I've had them almost a year and all...
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    Cooler weather...does it slow egg production?

    I have various breeds and wonder if this cooler weather we're experiencing is causing them to slow down on their laying. I was getting 10-11 eggs from my girls (11 of them) and suddenly we're lucky to get 6-8 eggs a day. They have lights on a timer in the coop, so the lesser daylight shouldn't...
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    Almost as eggciting as the first egg...

    Is getting an egg from every hen in one day!! For the first time since we got chicks in March, I'm 100% sure that all 11 of our chickens are females!! Almost exactly 6 months later! Here's our take for Friday and we got the same thing again yesterday. Everybody is laying!! Whooohoooooo
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    From the sublime to the ridiculous!

    Here's the tiniest egg we've gotten so far and one of the largest. I love how there is such a difference in eggs!!! I'd love to see pictures of your biggest and littlest eggs!
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    What is it?

    I've been getting eggs now for about 3 weeks...we're up to about 5-7 a day from 11 pullets. Yesterday when I was cracking eggs for breakfast, I always crack them in a bowl first. (Can't stand the thought of eating a blood spot! Those eggs get fed back to the chickens.) Anyway, I didn't see a...
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    Ever since my chickens started laying eggs...

    ...our coop smells really strongly of ammonia every morning when I open the shed door. Is there a reason for this? I know I've read here that their poops get bigger, but do they get stronger smelling too? I don't know what to do about it. We faithfully clean our coop every week, I put...
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    Low in pecking order...won't lay eggs in nest boxes

    I have a small flock of chickens that are just starting to lay...they are in a small coop. I have 3 nest boxes for 11 chickens and so far, so good with most of my chickens. I have three pullets that are younger than the other 8 and they co-habitate but the three younger ones are terrified of...
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    EE's..took forever to know they were pullets..now when will they lay?

    I have 3 EE's that are almost 21 weeks old and two of them are showing definite signs of getting ready to lay and have been for over a week now. (Squatting and acting like they are interested in the nest boxes) I was wondering how old EE's usually are when they start to lay? I'm curious about...
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    Food sources that make eggs taste funny?

    I just read the great list of treats for chickens and saved it to a file...great info! I was wondering tho, it didn't say anything about what NOT to feed. I don't mean what not to feed that's bad for chickens, I mean what not to feed because it will make the eggs taste funny. I know about...
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    18 week old Golden Comets...could they be ready to lay?

    I have four 18 week old Golden Comets (sex-link pullets) that are doing some strange things. When I get close to them or try to pick them up, they will hunker down and make "shoulders" out of their wings. Is this posture happening because they are getting to the age where they will finally...
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    **UPDATED**PHOTOS**When sexing chickens...specifically EE's

    ...when do they normally start to get their saddle or hackle feathers, if they are a roo? I have 3 EE's who are 18 weeks old and so far there are no signs of saddle or hackle feathers. A couple of them have been "diagnosed" on here as pretty possibly roos. Here are some pictures of the...
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    Six-week old EE chicks...breaking all the rules on gender ID!

    These are my two 6-week old EE chicks and I am having a terrible time figuring them out. The one I think is a male has feathered out like a female...he was supposed to be a female. He has a 3-row pea comb and it's getting red already, and his legs are thicker than the other one. The one...
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    Is this normal for a black sex-link?

    I'm not really too worried about whether or not she's a she...I think she is. I have just never seen one that shows this sort of marking. She's 6 weeks old. She has blue-black feathers but lots of them all over her body are tipped with rust-colored quail or partridge colored markings. Here...
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    Combining ages

    Yesterday I tried to put my four 5-week old chicks in with my 9 and 10 week old chicks. It didn't work. I knew there would be a certain amount of pecking, but it got pretty bad. I let the smaller ones loose in the coop and introduced the older chicks two at a time. Let them be together for a...
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    Pink in combs of 9 & 10 week olds...UPDATE:PIX ADDED

    Or could they still be females? When do females get pink in their combs? All of them are starting to develop a bit but nothing huge. My sex-link pullets are getting pink in the comb and their wattles are starting to develop a bit too. So I'm assuming that my others could still be females...
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    How old are Golden Comets before they start to lay?

    I have 4 GC's and I keep reading in various places that GC's lay early. When they all say "early" what exactly does that mean?? I need to know so I can be prepared with bedding in the nest boxes. Mine are only 7 wks old right now, but I would like to know what to expect! Can anyone with...
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    We're 7 week old EE's and we think we're girls...

    What do you think? And what color would you call us?? Abbie Emma Maggie
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    Could someone pls list the differences between m&f feathering in RIR's

    I remember reading on here the differences between male and female feathering in RIR chicks. Whoever posted that said that even at a young age you can tell which is which because of their feathering, length of wing feathers and tails, etc. I have 2 RIR chicks and they seem to be the opposite...
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    What breed have you found to be the quietest?

    I have Golden Comets, 1 Buff Orp, and 3 EE's. The EE's are never quiet. The Buff Orp seems to be pretty quiet, but the GC's are so quiet, I never hear a peep out of them unless I catch one of them and then it's not much noise. I also have a couple of RIR's, more EE's and Black sex-link...
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    5 Week old EE's_4wk old Buff Orp_Did I save the right ones? Many Pix

    I gave away 5 chicks that I thought were males today. Did I manage to keep the right ones and save the females?? Here are pix of the 4 chicks I kept. Chick #1...AKA Maggie EE Chick #2...AKA Amelia Buff Orp Chick #3...AKA Emma EE Chick #4...AKA Abbie EE I can't wait...
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