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i have 2 new Wyandottes who started laying about a week ago. I expected small eggs to begin with but they are supposed to be prolific large egg layers. Just wondering how long it takes till I'm not getting little baby eggs?

This spring I inherited 2 1year old hens who began laying immediately after moving them in. My kids subsequently brought home 2 chicks who are now about 18wks. Will the older ladies teach the younger ones to go in the coop and lay? Will they instinctively know to do that? I really don't want to...

Weeding out old stuff and I have several boxes of cereal. Crispy rice, oatmeal squares, cherrios, etc., what can I throw to my chickens safely?

I'm following this too! I have a newly built run and need to put something down so the ladies are not standing in mud every time it rains! So far the general consensus is sand but someone told me not to use sand because they would eat it and get "clogged" up in their throats? Advice welcome! Is...

These are the little girls, thanks everyone for the replies and links!

Pretty sure! I got them first week of April and they were still fuzzy so surely couldn't have been more than a week old. The barely have combs and waddles. Does Breed make a difference? They are Silver Laced Wyandotte.

OK, so, I inherited a coop and 2 full grown hens that were a year old. Both lay faithfully every day. Of course when this happened, my kids thought it would be fun to surprise mom by bringing home the $3 chicks from the hardware store (learning chicken math already). Fast forward. The chicks are...