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Thanks, I do know that a few more varieties would be fun...but for now I lof bve my silver laced hens. Seeing how I am first time chicken owner, started out easy. Do most people buy mixed flocks of birds?

Thank you so much for the advice, jkcove08! I will try to candle the eggs tonight. I don't have any eggs in the nest now and no sign of an egg that has broken and been eaten. Atleast from what I can tell. My DH had a pet duck who was broody over a nest of eggs and one day she just started...

Thanks for the tips so far. I read in one of my farming books about candling but didn't quite get it. The same thing can be done with a flash light?? Sounds easier. I always have a hen sometimes 2 on the nest. Alot of the times I can't gather eggs when I want to because a hen is on the nest and...

I am new to the site and the forum. We got our chickens the end of May, they started laying in Sept/Oct. They are awesome layers and because we have a roo in the mix with our 9 hennies...my hubby decided to mark one egg w/ a red crayon, so not to be toxic, and we left it in the nest box...