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I have 6 Easter Eggers that are pullets from this spring. Once they began laying, each one was laying eggs of varied shades of blue to green. As the weather turned cold, I am no longer finding colored eggs from the EE girls. I have 24 other layers of varied breeds and they all lay brown eggs...

I live in South Dakota and have 12 hens and 18 pullets. My hens are out lying the pullets with the overall egg production dropping by more than half since the cold weather started. My Easter Eggers are part of the pullets, but I haven't seen a colored egg in over 2 weeks. This is my first...

I found one of the black sex-link girls sharing a large nesting box this morning with two of the bigger girls. No small egg, but I think you are right that they are ready to lay. Thanks for the information!

I have 18 chicks that I picked up in March; silver laced Wyandottes, black sex-links, buff Orpingtons, and Easter edgers. I also have 12 girls from last year; black australorps, Rhode Island reds, and barred rocks. Today I walked in to the coop to lock them up for the night and I found a tiny...

My egg production has definitely picked up (6-7 eggs per day), but it seems that I should have more with 14 hens...??? I've also been looking under their favorite bush where they hang out during the day when it's warm and they are out of their run foraging, but no eggs. If I do happen to find...

Thanks...that's what I've been thinking. My daughter is pretty scared of him and cannot even ride her bike in our driveway without the little jerk running up on her. He came out on a dead run toward me tonight, puffing himself up. I was so mad that I marched in and told my husband that he has...

Aggressive rooster. My roo is about 23 weeks old and is getting aggressive toward my 7 y/o daughter. I heard barred Roos are pretty friendly but he is not. We've tried catching him and holding him to assert our dominance but the moment our daughter is outside alone he chases her or jumps on...

I got my first egg this evening. We have 14 hens...RIR, barred, and black australorps. It is small, and they kicked most of the straw out of the nesting boxes so there is a small crack...but it's an egg. Yay!!

My roo is about 18 weeks old. He crows all hours of the day and night, typically starting around 2 or 3 AM...it's still very dark. Is this normal and when will he stop crowing so early. We haven't slept a full night since July and it's getting a bit old. Anyone have suggestions on how to...

So my 17 week old roo has been pulling on the neck feathers of the hens recently. It appears that he may be testing the mating waters, but the hens really screech in pain as he's pulling on them. Is this normal behavior...should I be concerned...or just let him be? I don't want an aggressive...

[/IMG] Here are pics to compare. The lighter is the one I am suspecting is a roo. Sorry they wouldn't stay close together to get one picture.

That's what I'm thinking too. Thanks!

I have barred chicks that are 5 weeks old. 4 are black and barred, one is lighter (greyish) and barred like the others. The lighter chick has a comb developing that is definitely larger than the others and the face/head has slightly different features. I am wondering if this chick could possibly...

Hello all! I live in the Black Hills of SD with my husband and 7 years old daughter, and I am an RN for the local health care organization. I am new to backyard chickens although I grew up spending a large amount of time on my Grandmother's farm and I have many fond memories of helping her care...