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I now have 3 ladies earning their keep!! Hopefully only another 4 weeks to get the other 10 freeloaders on the nest. I find it interesting that eggs from two Dominant Copper pullets are so different in color. Maybe the eggs from the new layer will darken up a bit?

One of my Dominant Coppers, Cookie, started laying! The only outward sign is a red comb. She isn’t squatting and her pelvic bones were only 1.5 fingers wide a few days ago. I really wasn’t expecting eggs from them for another 3 weeks, or when they were 20 weeks old, but I guess she wanted a...

I would like to know how to describe the black and white feathers on the front of this pullet. Is it laced? Penciled? Barred? Just curious for my own knowledge as info I’ve found on Mr. Google is a bit confusing to me.

I have 3 dominant copper pullets and each looks different from the others. One is all black with lightly feathered feet, one is black with copper laced head/neck feathers and fully feathered feet and the third is mostly black, with barred breast feathers and clean feet. In other words, one looks...

(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? Was raised with chickens until I was 11. Got the first chickens of my own last year. (2) How many chickens do you have right now? 13. Intended to have 4 but bought 6 originally. We lost 2 over the winter so bought 3 to replace them...