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I have heard that the Easter Eggers are nice hens and hatch pretty eggs - do you like them? I don't know anything about the Lakenvelders. Since I could only have a few hens, I wanted them to be the same. If I had a bigger yard and more space, it would be nice to have some different breeds...

In both the Red Star breed pictures and Golden Comet pictures there are pictures of hens that look just like mine, so I think they are the sex linked hens too. It would make sense for the hatcheries to sell bulk chickens to Tractor Supply as sex linked rather than sexing the chicks. The big...

All three hens are similar and I would think they came from the same hatchery to Tractor Supply. Since I paid more for Rhode Island red pullets and I figured out they not really look like RIR chickens I was initially thinking that they were red sex linked. All of them did turn out to be...

Even though I only have three hens and two nesting boxes and they lay their eggs about 45 minutes apart every morning, they all use the same nesting box. Never a cracked egg in there either. My hens were hatched about March 31st, so the first hen started giving eggs at about 19 weeks and the...

My third hen, Paprika, has finally laid me an egg! It has whitish calcium looking on the shell. A little bit smaller than the other two hen eggs, but still a nice size for the first egg! They make me so proud!

The small egg is most likely a "trial" egg from a new laying hen unless you have small bantam type chickens. My one hen always lays speckled eggs, however, the speckles wash off like I had said before and I think it is blood actually. My one hen lays me plain brown and the other lays a...

My chickens are supposed to be buff orpington and they don't seem to have enough comb to flop over. They are getting bigger as they get a little older and are now a little bit wavy, but they are still more upright than floppy. You could look at the breeds list and check out the pictures to see...

The egg wipes I bought at Tractor Supply. They are from Manna Pro and are called Wipe N Wash egg cleansing towelettes. Kind of like baby wipes for eggs. Each towelette cleans up to 12 eggs. You are not supposed to use harsh chemicals or soap to clean eggs, you can't use abrasive scrubbing or...

What a pretty egg! Yes, you will have to now eat the egg. My third hen, Paprika, is still not producing any eggs and she is just now 22 weeks old. Born at the same time as my other two, but must be a "late bloomer". I waited until I had about six eggs then my husband and I had a nice...

My girls wattles and comb went from being just pinkish in color to bright red when they started laying, what color are your girls right now?

Mine did not start singing their egg song until they had laid eggs for a week or so. Since I have two hens laying now maybe that is what started the whole egg song. The "Raising Chickens for Dummies" book I read a lot (my chicken Bible, ha, ha!) says that the increase in hormone level makes...

Under the breed types on this web site you will find the kinds of hens that make the best mothers. I don't know what kind of chickens you have, but check that resource. Also, if your hen that is not moving is not sitting on a lot of eggs trying to hatch them, there may be something wrong with...

Here are some pictures of my coop and runs. I bought my backyard chicken parlor coop, but had to modify it because it was not built to withstand a raccoon or weasel attack. The floor was not secured down in either the nesting box or the main part of the coop. There were only two hasps on the...

I am so sorry to hear about your chickens. It might take them a while to settle down after that scary experience and lay eggs. You just have to make sure everything is really secure. I built my run and coop with hardware mesh that was welded - half inch holes only, top, bottom and sides...

I bought my three pullets from Tractor Supply and figured they were hatched about March 31st give or take a day. They were supposed to be RIR, but I think they are something else, but I don't care. I think they are the most beautiful hens ever. I was not expecting eggs until Labor Day, but...