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I have an Easter egger that lays very thin-shelled eggs, and has since I got her from another chicken keeper in my town. The other hens I got from her lay regular hard-shelled eggs. I have always fed my chickens Purina Flock Raiser with free-choice oyster shell, without problems. After this...

My 6-7 month old EE Hazel lays pretty blue eggs - 2-3 a week. Her friend Peaches, also an EE, lays one almost every day. Today, when I went to take some leftover salad out to the girls, Hazel didn't show up. I went looking for her and heard her clucking softly, from what sounded like under...

My little flock of four hens, who have laid pretty faithfully since last August, have pretty much stopped laying consistently. Where I used to get 3-4 eggs daily, now I'm lucky if I get one. Here are the variables - maybe all of them are part of the problem: 1. I have added four young...

I have new 4-week-old pullets arriving tomorrow or the next day from McMurray. Should I isolate them from my hens, to make sure they have no disease, or is it safe to go ahead and put them in the pen right next to my coop/run? If you think I should isolate them, how long should I do so? I...

I just ordered 4 4-week pullets from Murray McMurray hatchery. The website says they will be 4-9 weeks old when they're shipped, so they don't have to worry about keeping them warm while shipping. I would be interested in hearing the experiences of others who have done this. How was the...

Responded to a Craigslist ad entitled " Taking orders for Chicks this spring" and corresponded with the person who placed the ad. Anyone have any experience with this breeder? Pyote is in West Texas, southwest of Midland/Odessa. I would like to add some new breeds to my flock and this breeder...

Hello all, I have four pullets of uncertain heritage (in other words, they're mutts) who began laying in August of this year. The two who took the longest to start laying have taken turns going broody about every other week - so about 3-4 weeks from the last time Alice went broody, there she...

We are in the process of building a new coop! The foundation and posts have been cemented in. The footprint of the coop and run is 6' x 16', with plans for an elevated 6' x 8' coop, so that the available run space will be the whole 96 sq.ft. I currently have 4 hens, but the plan is to...

Sorry - wrong forum. Please see thread in "coop design and maintenance"

I have recently (for about a week now) begun to let my 15-week old pullets free-range around the yard in the evening. I got them when they were 12-weeks old. They seem to love it, but they are pretty skittish - a bird flies overhead or they hear an unfamiliar noise or for some reason known...

Hi all, From Texas! This is my first post, but I've been lurking for a while, trying to learn all I can before I got my chicken girls. I got them from a friend, who raised the chicks from eggs she got from her friend, who has a mixed flock. So I'm pretty sure they're "mutts", and I'm totally...