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Thanks for the info and the link flockwatcher

I have 2 Doms - a hen and a roo - that are about 7 to 8 months old. The hen is laying an egg every other day. I started out with 5 Doms but 4 of them turned out to be roo's so I got rid of Moe, Larry, and Curley and kept Ralph and Alice. I would like to have more eggs and I know of someone...

I went through a simular situation where I thought I had 5 hens and found out after many weeks and much feed that I had 4 roos and one hen. Hoping you get to get the girls you lone for.

Thanks Steve for the links and everyone for the comments. Ralph and Alice are doing fine ATM. Ralph is loving the fact that he is the opnly dude in the coop. He expresses it daily with his cockadoodledoing.

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Thanks for the information. I found it Very helpful.

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Where is the First Step button "Im Done" to get started on grading the coops? I cant find it anywhere. How do I start reviewing these coops?

I had a simular situation happen to me but instead of hatchlings it was pullets and the seller swore they were hens and was quick to inform me that he has been raising chickens for better than 20 years. Well he did not know a hen from shinola as I ended up with 4 roos and 1 hen. I did not want...

I started the Chicken Adventure in October of last year. I purchased 5 pullets from a gentleman that said I was getting 5 hens (4 Doms and 1 RIR). I asked him how he could tell they were all hens. He said, "Ive been raising chickens for 30 years and Iknow how to tell a hen from a rooster." I...

I posted this message to get a responce from the faithful members of the Forums. I did not realize that this topic had been discussed before and that it eventually recieved a lock on it. My appologies to anyone I may have offended in posting this question. This was not my intent. I suppose...

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John it may be that her comb is frost bitten and her roughing up the new girl may have caused it to bleed. Again I am no eggspert and someone with more experience may say different. To prevent frostbite on their combs, alittle petrolium jelly would help.

Thanks WW for the info. Very helpful. I suppose time will tell if she is Broody or not. Aint expecting much during these chilly months and she wont be 6 months until February. Tick Tock

Im not an "eggspert" John but I think you have a couple of ladies pecking it out and Ginger was on the bad end of the deal. Where are you located? How cold is it where you are?

Too Funny. I was hoping to see someone else with more roos then hens like I found myself a couple weeks ago. Had five and now down to two. Happy New Year Everyone !

Something to scrape the poo into when you clean your poo boards. I use a small office wastebasket and when it gets full, its off to the compost pile. I use a extra wide putty knife to do the scraping. Another good tool is a retractable rake for cleaning the run. I found one at Lowe's and it is...

LOL...that's funny JT I use a beat up OLD pair of sneakers during the winter and a beat up pair of sneakers (Yes the same ones) in the summer.