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    Preparing for "The Talk" w/neighbors

    I checked with the city and with Animal Control before ordering my chicks, there were no rules so I didn't talk to my neighbors. I ordered all pullets, but of course one turned out to be a rooster. We did get visited by Animal Control, someone anonymously complained -- not once but four times...
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    Buying hatching eggs if using a broody hen?

    I had one of my Ameraucana/ Easter Egg hens go broody. By the time I realized that she was broody, she had quit laying eggs (in my flock of blue and green egg layers, she was the only one who laid pink eggs.) After researching how to "break up" a broody hen, I decided the least cruel thing was...
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    Post your FIRST EGG pics!

    My first Easter Egg egg was on the 4th of July -- a tiny little green egg: My babies were 21 weeks old. By the 23rd, we were getting a dozen a day (from our flock of 22 hens), and had gotten some extra-large double yolkers. (Two in this photo) They still are laying at least a dozen a day...
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    Questions about a momma hen

    Another nice thing about having a broody hen, is that she is very protective of the babies after they hatch. I think that it might be tricky introducing new chicks to a flock without a mom to look after them.
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    Easter Egg Eggs Wanted

    I have Easter Eggs! We are getting about a dozen or more daily from my flock of 20 (large fowl Ameraucana/EE) hens and one very busy rooster. Egg colors include shades of blue, green, olive, and we have one girl who lays beautiful pink eggs (and the pink color goes all the way through the...
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