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This is a community for people who keep chickens in their back yard. This includes pets, layers, and meaties at levels that are sub-industrial. Family farms and homesteads are included.
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The Fediverse is small. There probably aren't enough people here to make up a community for every type of bird that someone might keep so for now, everyone is welcome. Bring us your ducks and geese, turkeys and quail, Guineas and Peacocks, emus and parrots. The community will be focused on chickens but until there are enough of each bird community for their own community they will find care and comfort here.
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Most of our eggs are on the jumbo side, we got a few tiny ones now from hens that are just hitting the age, but I've got one hen that just spits out huge eggs. I posted an 85g 8 months ago on here, but now this one is 100
Tiny egg for scale. The Blueish egg is 61g
Double yolk? What breed(s)?
I haven't cracked it yet, but probably a double yolk. We have 12 hens 1 rooster(got sexed wrong)
3 Plymouth Rocks
3 White Plymouth rocks (the rooster is one of these)
3 Easter eggers (the blue/green eggs like the 1 above)
1 Rhode Island Red
1 Australorpe (I think)
1 Golden Comet
1 unknown, maybe Barnevelder? (The Golden Comet Goldie we call her was broody for a 2 months, so I got a singular brown chicken to put under her in the middle of the night). Local feed and seed and nothing had labels.
I've got 7 Rhode Island Reds and a few of them lay some big ones as well. I haven't weighed them yet but now I shall and follow up. :) Thanks for sharing!
They are great birds. Really calm, maybe even to calm at times. I was worried when my Australian shepherd ran outside when I wasn't there and got into the fenced area where I had the chickens. Was only 4ft so he just leaped over. Went out there and he was just laying in the middle of their area and they were just clucking around him. The dog happy to know they were herded, and them not caring at all that he was there.
Never worried after that.
I have 2 small mutts that we exposed the girls to since they were chicks. One pretty much ignores them, the other thought she was a chickie mama when they were little. They are completely chill around both of the dogs but wasn't hesitant to peck at our cousin dog upon his sniffing around the pen.
I have reinforced regular handling/petting of them since they were little and they are very comfortable whenever we need to pick them up. I have only cared for RIRs and am spoiled to the fact that I want to stick with just that breed due to their egg production and temperment.
It always brings me joy just hanging out with the ladies. Love to spoil them with fresh fruits and vegetables along with their other regular grub treats.
Understandable, I cut up a watermelon and a honeydew melon and may have left a little more than needed on all the outsides because I knew I'd give them to the chickens. I have been lucky that I haven't had an aggressive chicken yet. But I haven't had anything fancy I guess. Silkies look rediculous so I've always wanted one, but I've heard they can have an attitude. I may end up with some denomination of Eater egger, Plymouth Rock mix soon enough, which I'm curious what color the eggs would be, or what it would look like. But the rooster is now 6 months old, he reminds us at 4:45am every morning now 🙄
Very cool! I've got 5 Easter eggers and they started a month ago. The eggs are just about average size now but started pretty small. I'm just amazed at the quantity.
They have been fun.. those 3 stick together. We call them the weird sisters, not sure how it started. But their poofy cheeks probably have something to do with it. They are cute though, and I love their feather patterns. My spouses father swears their eggs taste better than the rest.
Feather patterns for those unawares
That poor chicken is gonna turn herself inside out one of these days
The poor girl:
I never thought to weigh them. 
Nice! What breed was that from? I don't get any white eggs
She's a cream legbar. The flock is on grower pellets currently because there are pullets about, so the eggs have been a bit hit and miss recently. Usually they are light blue in colour and I get pure white ones from my Andalusian.
Oh cool, the egg production here slowed a bit too but I assumed it was do to the week of bad heat and being sedentary waiting it out, but that was just a guess off no real science. How old are your Pullets? Are they brand new? Baby chicks are always a lot of fun. (And sometimes hassle)
It's the first time I've had chicks, they are 10 weeks old. It was hard work at times but I had a broody do most of the work. Now they are just part of the flock so it's a matter of waiting for eggs now. Most of the hard work was caused by me worrying more than anything. Experience definitely will help for next time.