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We have had absolutely no problems with weak shells. We have oyster shell supplements available for the girls to feed on as they wish. Either the double yolked eggs or the two eggs a day. None of the shells were weak. Sorry to destroy your scientific research. This might apply to caged hens.

So, you are saying we shouldn't allow our chickens to free range and eat at will? Should we starve them to keep their egg production down? Have you ever heard of hybrid vigor??

Our chickens are spoiled rotten. They get fed all my kitchen canning scraps. Our turkeys are afraid of the chickens, so when it comes time to eat the goodies, they are a bit standoff-ish. They have the run of our back pasture and lots of shade and water. When I go out to dump my scraps...

Ours are sex link cross of RIR. Some animals, and people, are predisposed to multiple births/egg laying. It doesn't necessarily mean they quit laying earlier. There is NOT a finite number of eggs.

This might be an old thread, but I had to comment on it because of how our chickens continue to amaze us! We have red sex-link (you can tell sex immediately after hatching) chickens. The pullets are very affectionate and follow you around like puppies. If they hear me come outside, they...