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    Official BYC Poll: How Often Do You Clean Your Coop?

    I do spring and fall complete clean out, so twice a year with the deep litter method. HOWEVER, i do give the litter a light stir every once in a while and if I ever notice a poop pile under the roosts I scoop it out (it's not super often). My coop doesn't smell or have flies. I live in town...
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    Consolidated Kansas

    Hello All, We are currently looking to get back into Chickens. I'm looking for recommendations for REALLY BLUE egg layers. So far the Ameraucanas we got from a local breeder have been very disappointing (barely blue and they just started laying!) and the EEs we got from the feed store lay...
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    Which BYC member scares you?

    Wow, I feel like I've been gone forever...
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    Olive Eggers, Right?

    I think you are fine! Having new chickens makes one all giddy and excited!
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    Olive Eggers, Right?

    Olive eggers are a hybrid "breed" of chicken. They are created by breeding a brown egg chicken and a blue egg chicken together. The result is a chicken who lays green eggs. Because there are several different brown and blue egg chicken breeds that can be crossed, olive eggers can have a wide...
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    Are their any breeders doing a production rate blue egg layer project?

    Wow that's amazing!! What was the color like for her first year of eggs?
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    Are their any breeders doing a production rate blue egg layer project?

    Interesting, because there are quite a few reviews on the website the link goes to that said several of theirs laid tan eggs. Maybe not a good place to get them? I will have to research the breed more. Thank you!
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    Ended Official BYC Caption Contest 04-01-22 Pic by Picklestheduck

    Awww crap! This thing moves!
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    Are their any breeders doing a production rate blue egg layer project?

    I guess I should have been more clear. I am looking for a true breed, not a hybrid. So a bird that will breed true down the line. I've made my own OEs before using production RRs hens and an Araucana cock. They laid very well, and had cute rumpless bootys 😆, but won't breed true (like the...
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    Are their any breeders doing a production rate blue egg layer project?

    Hello all, I am looking for blue egg chickens but I'm looking for production quality. I don't care about the looks I just want them to lay a lot of large blue eggs or as close to that as I can get. I've had Easter eggers in the past whose rates were three to four medium eggs a week. I'm looking...
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    Consolidated Kansas

    I wasn't able to find any. :/ we found some hatching eggs from a local that we are trying for now. wish we could have found pullets though!
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    Hey love, I am back in Kansas, but in the KC area now. Cannot have chickens here, but helping...

    Hey love, I am back in Kansas, but in the KC area now. Cannot have chickens here, but helping my sister get started so that's nice!
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    Consolidated Kansas

    Hello Lovelies! My sister is getting into Chickens this year and is looking for 4 pullets with various egg color laying capabilities. Does anyone have any for sale right now? We have the coop and run all set up! But no chickens, haha. Edit: Located near Manhattan KS or the Greater KC area...
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    Can Someone Please Update the Lenexa KS ordinance page?

    The law has changed here. You can now have 4 chickens! Here is the page...https://www.lenexa.com/news/archived_news/bringing_chickens_home_to_roost
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    Coop project

    Heck yes! This is prime chicken real estate! My top couple tips are: Make the roosts higher than the nest boxes Make the nest boxes accessible from outside and at a comfortable height for you. Don't leave space on top of the next boxes where a chicken could stand. They will make poop...
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    introduction

    1000 cichlids?!? holy moly! how big is your aquarium!? Your filtration must be massive! (my back hurts just thinking about those water changes!)
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    Humidity in Incubator?

    you should candle the eggs (shine a flash light through in a dark room) and check the air cell size. That will tell you about what day you are at. You need to get the humidity up after day 18 and stop turning. If you are not sure, don't stress! It'll be ok, just make sure to get humidity up...
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    Just beginning . . . Should I buy an automated door for the coop?

    :yuckyuck:gig:lau
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    Is Jeff a hen or roo?

    Pretty sure he's a rooster
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    Newbie questions!

    honestly if I was you, I would run a 2-3 foot skirt of hardware cloth along the bottom interior of the chainlink (prevent predators from reaching in and wringing their neck, which does happen). You don't have mink/weasel and that stuff isn't cheap. Raccoon, and possums hunt primarily at night...
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