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  1. tribemama

    Chicken type?

    Hi folks, So this chicken is almost 14 weeks old and was supposed to be a Red Sex Link pullet but looks to me like possibly a New Hampshire Red? Can we confirm she is a she and breed? She is huge compared to most of my other girls who are a year+, same size as my RIR who is a year old. Thanks!
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    Girls stopped laying during blizzard and won't lay! Help!

    I have six girls. Two stopped laying in fall during their molt (2 yrs old) and four that were hatched last July. My four young girls were laying really well up until the blizzard we had in January. I had the coop wrapped in tarps and they were confined for a few days, but since then...
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    Girls are getting noisy!

    I have two 2 year old black sex links who are both freeloaders right now due to molting and four 18 week old pullets. Three of the pullets have gotten super loud, my two Australorps and my RIR. The australorps are also squatting for me. I attached a picture of one Australorp and my RIR...are...
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    Getting ready to lay??

    I understand we won't know when she will start, I am asking if it is safe to assume she will be the first given she is further along in development of the comb and wattles than her little friends. I was also curious as to when they often begin laying after the comb and wattle get bigger and...
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    Getting ready to lay??

    I have four pullets that are coming up on 16 weeks old, two australorps, one barred rock and a RIR. In the last week my RIR has really gotten her comb and wattles and they are red. I can tell they aren't fully "in" since they are still smaller than our 2 year old black sex links, but the...
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    Combining chickens

    We have four 9 week old pullets and two 2 year old hens. They had been in separate locations and a week ago we put them where they could see each other through the wires, but not touch. We then slowly began integrating them with the hens going into the run with the pullets. One hen was...
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    Medicated starter/grower?

    I have two laying hens who are currently on layer feed and four 8 week old chicks on medicated starter/grower. They will be moved in together this week so I need to know if all can eat the medicated started/grower since I have a HUGE bag left if I offer oyster shell for the laying hens and if...
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    finally a colored egg!!!!! feels like i've waited forever

    Pretty!!
  9. tribemama

    Egg color

    We have two rehomed hens that we got about 2 1/2 weeks ago. One began laying last week for us and was giving us an egg every day or so (we saw her in the box each time) The eggs were all the same shade of brown, but yesterday's egg was very light in color. We didn't see either of them in the...
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    Sexing Australorp Chicks? 3-4 weeks

    My two Australorps are in the back here and are 4 weeks in this picture, they were sexed as pullets and look identical. Any red showing is from the red light, they have no red in their comb and no wattles at all and they were just feathering here and aren't fully feathered at 5 weeks.
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    Breed?

    Here she is a few weeks ago, the color is clearer here
  12. tribemama

    Feeding mixed flock

    Thanks! Just want to do the right thing for the girls :)
  13. tribemama

    Breed?

    Any idea what breed this chick is? She was put in as the "meal maker" with our order of barred rock and australorp. Thought she was a red sex link but now thinking maybe a Rhode Island Red? They are just over five weeks old.
  14. tribemama

    Encourage a hen into the nesting box?

    Thanks everyone! Hoping Queenie gets more settled and starts laying. The are very good now when they free range, and come running when I have the bowl with mealworms LOL
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    Encourage a hen into the nesting box?

    They are around two years old
  16. tribemama

    Encourage a hen into the nesting box?

    I have two hens we got about 2 1/2 weeks ago, they are Black Sexlinks. They were both laying well at their prior home and one started laying last week for us. The other hen has not started laying and doesn't even go into the nesting boxes. I do see her watching the other hen lay, and we have...
  17. tribemama

    Feeding mixed flock

    I have two 2 year old hens and four 5 week old chicks. I will be moving them all together when the chicks are arond 10-11 weeks old and need to figure out what to feed everyone. For now the hens are eating layer feed with oyster shell available and the chicks are on a starter/grower feed...
  18. tribemama

    Dominant Hen?

    That is excellent advice, thank you! I will bring some in this week for them.
  19. tribemama

    Dominant Hen?

    We are being extra cautious. Raised four chicks starting in March and all four were roos so we had to rehome. Got four sexed chicks to raise and then the hens so we could get some eggs while waiting for the little ones to grow. The kids are so attached we are being extra careful that...
  20. tribemama

    Dominant Hen?

    They are not free ranging together, the other four are only four weeks old and still in the house. We will move them out in another two weeks, once we have had the new hens a full month. They have had no contact at all and the babies haven't been on grass yet. The babies will go in the new...
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