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    What is this thing???! PLEASE HELP!

    Might be just a freak thing, if it keeps happening you'll have to try and figure out which one is laying them. Good Luck :-)
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    Newbie here!

    Welcome keep us posted on development, here's a few pics of my latest batch of RI Reds which are 2 months old now.
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    What is this thing???! PLEASE HELP!

    looks like an under developed soft eggs shell, worm or larvae eating yolk. Crushed eggshell or oyster shell should always be made available to your flock on a free-choice basis, not mixed into their feed. This way each hen can eat as much or as little as she needs. Different hens absorb...
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    Poorly Chicken - any help would be appreciated!

    Is the chicken staying separate from the rest? When the flock is out scratching and foraging is it by itself? Removing a chicken in this condition from the flock is important as it may have something contagious. You may want to put it in a “hospital cage” away from others to keep an eye on...
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    Raising the RI Reds

    These are my RI Reds from 5 days old to 8 weeks. Here in KY we are having a late spring with cold nights down to 23, chicks handled it very well with only one heat lamp with a couple of hanging clip on lamps w/ 100w bulbs.
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    Chickens are fundamental :-)

    Hello my chicken Farmer friends, I was born and raised in Rhode Island, I currently live in Kentucky and have been since 1982. When i was 7 years old my Dad put me in charge of the family farm chickens. I am 59 years old been raising chickens ever since so I've been raising chickens for 52...
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