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    Can you tell me what killed my chicken?

    The perpetrator has been identified. This morning my husband looked out the window and saw a hawk perched on our fence, directly above the scene of yesterday's crime. It was clearly waiting for another meal.
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    Can you tell me what killed my chicken?

    Thank you all for your comments! Yes, hawk does seem likely. We have them around here. A few years ago with another flock, my husband actually saw a hawk sitting on a fence post, watching our chickens in the run. The hawk eventually flew away, and we figured it decided our run was too short...
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    Can you tell me what killed my chicken?

    My kids are devastated. :( It was a pullet, ranging in my backyard which has a 4-ft tall fence. This attack happened during daylight, probably around 3-4pm. Carcass was still there. Feathers were plucked and laying around body. Head missing, some innards (heart, liver) eaten, but gizzard and...
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    Are these eggs fertilized?!?!

    Well, there COULD be a roo in the area. I live in farm country. My cousin has a rooster that free ranges, but it's about 1/4 mile away. One does kind of look like a bullseye. Honestly, I've never noticed these spots in my eggs before, and suddenly they're showing up, and they're really really...
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    Are these eggs fertilized?!?!

    I don't have a rooster, but my hens free range. Lately, my eggs have had these little circular spots in them. I seem to recall someone mentioning that this was the sign of a fertilized egg. But, like I said, I don't have a rooster! What do you think?
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    My best layer has stopped laying! Why?

    My red sexlink hasn't laid an egg for 5 days. She used to lay every single day without fail. All the other birds (EE, Australorp, Prod Red) continue to lay as usual. She doesn't look ill. She eats fine, runs over and digs in when I toss scraps, is the first to jump over the fence to free range...
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    If you had to live off just the food in your house...

    ...assuming you had water and could cook as usual (you just couldn't go to the store and buy more food), how long would you and your family be able to eat?
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    Calcium-rich foods besides oyster shell and eggshells?

    Primary feed is the TSC brand layer rations. May try yogurt... seems I always have some almost ready to expire in fridge.
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    Calcium-rich foods besides oyster shell and eggshells?

    Two of my chickens are laying soft-shelled eggs. I've heard that upping calcium can help. I've tried giving them a bowl of oyster shell, mixing oyster shell in their feed, and scattering oyster shell in their run. No dice. They just turn their beaks up at it. I know I could grind up eggshells...
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    Is there anything else I can do to stop this egg eating?

    I have a flock of five hens, four of which should be laying. Up until yesterday, they free ranged all day long. There are 2 nest boxes for the birds. I was averaging 1-2 eggs per day and couldn't figure out the deal. Didn't spy any nests in the areas they tended to congregate when they ranged...
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    What breed is this chicken? I thought Welsummer, but now I'm not sure

    I got this chicken in a mixed batch of "brown egg layer" chicks. As a chick, it was a rust color and then developed black streaks. (I included two pictures of it as a chick below) It's about 22 weeks old now. In the photo, it's standing next to a red sex link that's about 2 weeks younger for...
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    Any suggestions for pretty ways to package eggs as gifts?

    I only have 5 chickens, so not enough to sell my eggs. But I might sometimes have a dozen or half dozen to give as hostess gifts, etc. What's a pretty way to package them? I was thinking in a small basket lined with a pretty dishtowel. Any other suggestions?
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    Will a hen lay different colored eggs?

    Well, I got another olive green one today. The blue/green one was a first, so maybe it was a fluke from the EE and she's going to lay olive ones from now on.
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