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I use a grain mix that has 5% calcium and I have oyster shell always available to my flock of 85 hens, but I get about 10% cracked eggs nevertheless. is there something else in the diet that could be missing to account for the cracking? I maintain straw bedding in their nest boxes. what are...

I have about 100 layers to sell eggs at our roadside farm stand. I raise the chicks through the winter, so after 2 years of age, they have layed eggs for 2 full seasons. I have been been rotating them out after 2 years, but wonder how much less productive they would be if I kept them a 3rd...

I want to find or build a small hopper to hold at least 100 pounds of feed to attach to the back of my mobile coop, probably 3 of these. I keep about 100 layers and want to create a more efficient system by having feed storage at the coop. Any suggestions and pics appreciated!