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    Need help naming my grumpy hen!

    We have 19 week old RIR hens and 1 in particular is a grumpy girl. When we close up the coop at night, we'll pat each one and say goodnight. Well, whenever we pat this one hen, she'll give a low growl and she sounds like she's gonna rip your hand off if you touch her again! She has bit a few...
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    HELP!! Possible poisoning!!!!!

    Our 19 week old RIR hen is not acting right at all. She has thrown up some green liquid today and isn't her perky self. We planted some blueberry bushes yesterday and she may have gotten into the sulfur soil acidifier that we used on the bushes. Is it possible that she has been poisoned...
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    Silkie is laying but not setting?!

    One of our silkies has laid 6 eggs and I have yet to see her set on them. How many eggs will they lay before staying put?
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    New chickies arrived...I think I'm addicted!

    Just arrived this morning....2 jersey giant hens and 1 roo! All 1 day old. This is my 1st time getting chicks through the mail but all look healthy and of course adorable! We now have 2 roo's , 11 RIR hens, 4 white leghorn hens and 3 silkie hens! I still want more! Love my chickies!!
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    Thunderstorms effect egglaying?

    Our hens have been laying about 3 eggs a day for a few weeks. Yesterday afternoon, we had a strong storm come through and today we only got one egg! Can thunderstorms effect their egglaying?
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    Lifespan?

    How long do hens and roosters tend to live?
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    How many yolks?

    Just out of curiosity, what is the highest number of yolks found in 1 egg?
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    Triple yolkers?

    Our hens are laying eggs and we've gotten a few double yolkers. Are triples possible?
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    Hens aren't laying in nest boxes.....

    Our hens are starting to lay at 16 weeks. 3 white leghorns have been laying over a week now and are using the nest boxes. Our RIR's that have started laying aren't using the boxes. They're either laying on the floor in the coop or outside. Will they eventually learn to use the boxes?
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    Is this normal?

    On of our RIR's layed her first egg today. The shell was almost white. Is this normal with their first egg?
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    Too many food scraps?

    Our hens have been laying about a week now. They have laying mash and oyster shells but they also get a lot of fruit rinds and veggies from the garden. The girls aren't eating as much of the mash as they did before. They pick more at the scraps. Will this effect their egg laying? They still seem...
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    1st brown egg!!!

    Came home today and found our first brown egg!!!! We have some white leghorns that have been laying about a week now and they are almost 16 weeks old. Not sure which one did it, but one of our RIR girls layed their first egg!! Our RIR's are younger than the leghorns! They seem to be laying...
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    Medicated feed or not?

    My BF and I ordered chicks and they will be arriving the end of August. The first chicks we hatched we used medicated feed. They all are very healthy at 15 weeks. Just wanted to know if it's best to use the medicated feed or not?
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    Hens are picking on the runt...What do I do?

    My BF and I have 11 RIR and 4 white leghorn hens, all about 15 weeks old. 1 of the RIR hens is a runt. She was hatched with the other RIR hens and was with them 24/7 up until about a month ago. I'm from NY and we had a heat wave and as a result, Peanut, the runt, became extremely dehydrated...
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    Jersey giant eggs?

    Anyone know where I can get jersey giant eggs? I'm in New York and would like someplace relatively close by.
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    Grumpy girls!

    I have 11 RIR and 4 white leghorn hens. They are 4 months old and are getting to close to laying eggs. Once the hens start laying, do they mellow out?
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    How early can RIR and White Leghorns start laying?

    We have 11 RIR and 4 White Leghorn hens. How early can they start laying? Right now, we have 7 roosters in the coop with them and, from what I've read, they seem to be trying to mate with the hens. They bite the back of the hens necks at the base of it and hold on to them for a few seconds...
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    Roosters are bullying hens!

    I'm new to raising chickens. My BF and I have 22 chickens, and possibly 8 of them are roosters. We hatched them ourselves and they are 11 weeks old now. The more dominant of them, a barred rock, is bullying our smallest RIR hen, Peanut. We mostly see it in the a.m. when we open the door to...
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