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I have taken in four hens from a friend who is traveling this summer, to stay with my three. (I know this is often not a good idea, but I wanted to help out my friend). I have had few problems integrating them -- the coop and run are plenty big enough -- except the visitors are spending the...

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I have a small 3-year old flock of four birds, two Americaunas, a Black Australorpe, and a Plymouth Rock. They have never been very aggressive toward one another. But recently, one of the Americaunas, whom I always considered the loser of the flock, has started getting very aggressive at...

It is spring.

Good thing to know, thanks!

I have a Black Australop, about a year old, who has been a decent but not spectacular layer. This past week she has been producing strange eggs -- two very large and somewhat misshapen eggs, and today a perfect little quail-sized egg. Last weekend she spent time in the garden with me as I...

Thanks again for the information -- you were right; last week she seemed to stop molting and yesterday she started laying again.

Thank you for the quick responses!

How odd is it for a chicken (in New England) to molt in January? I have one Easter-egger who is molting -- I noticed this morning that her belly is pretty bare. She seems to be on a later schedule than my other chickens (who are not losing feathers now), e.g. she did not start laying until she...

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Do Ameraucanas ever change their egg color? I have a flock with two of them, the birds are about eight months old. Today I found a green egg, which is a first. I am guessing this was the first egg of one of my Ameraucanas that has always been a little slow developmentally. But I wanted to...