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    2021 BYC Calendar - We Need Your Pictures!

    6 week old Sapphire Gem Olive Egger
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    Sick chicken?

    Thanks for the info.
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    Sick chicken?

    This is what I find in morning.
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    Sick chicken?

    They are laying good eggs in nesting boxes during the day. This soft shell thing is happening at night while they are roosting.
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    Roost and nesting box questions

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    Sick chicken?

    Yes they are on layer feed and have oyster shell and they forage quite a bit. They are 22 weeks old. Currently getting 3-5 eggs a day from 8 hens. Just keep finding the paper shell under the roost in the morning.
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    New member

    Hi, my name is Mark. I have wanted to build a coop and get chickens for about 15 years just haven’t been able to make the time. Now thanks to Covid 19 time is what I have plenty. Got my coop built and bought 8 New Hampshire cross hens 17 weeks old. Since then I have bought an assortment of...
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    Roost and nesting box questions

    Looks like you are using a section of fence rail, I think diameter is too small and it is slick ( too hard for them to stay on) I prefer taking 2x4s and ripping them to about 2-1/4 inches wide and rounding the edges over to make more comfortable for the birds.
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    Sick chicken?

    I have 8 New Hampshire crosses that are 22-1/2 weeks old. They’ve been laying 3 to 5 eggs a day for 2 weeks and every morning for last 5 days I find a soft white egg shell on the ground under the roost, the first time it was an egg with yolk and all. Since then it is just a torn paper thin soft...
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