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My girls are parasite free. Lots of dust bathing available. No predators, we live in the city of Seattle. I've fenced off the entire property. I have 24 hour surveillance cam running. There are a lot of feathers in the yard though. Especially today. I'm pretty sure its a flock-wide molt now...

I have seven 15 month old hens. Six Buff orpingtons, one Australorp. All born in march 2012. At 19 weeks, they started laying. They've layed every week since that 19 week mark. I kept a light on through the winter till 8:30 pm so they'd keep laying. Only 2 of them have gone through a molt. That...

Thank you for your input. As you can see by the previous comments,its unanimious. The man that advertised on craigslist,"Jersey Giant pullets for sale",was a liar. He did have a Jersey rooster with 4 hens. I guess he had one Australorp that he did'nt care for and figured that I was ignorant...

Thank you all for your valuable input. I had thought months ago that she was probably an Australorp. Thats OK. My wife and I love her very much just the same. She's part of the family,Australorp or Jersey. She's recently become a confirmed member of the flock and has taken her place at the...

Betty was born March 15th of this year 2012.

I purchased my Betty from a man on craigslist advertising Jersey Giant pullets. Since then,I'm not so sure about Betty being a Jersey. Her feet and skin are pinkish,which is an Australorp trait. I might allready have answered my own question. Does anyone else have another opinion?

Here are my offerings. I have seven Buff Orpingtons and one alleged Jersey Giant. She has all of the Jersey traits except her foot bottoms are pinkish with a very small amount of light yellow. I really don't care because I love Betty no matter what.

Comb,waddles and aggressive behavior in that order are your first indications. I just went through this with a Buff rooster. He lives at a rooster park near me. NO KILL zone was my only requirement. I miss my Millard. I replaced him with a Jersey Giant so I could have my alloted 8 chickens in...