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We had this occur after having the same hens for about a year. We bought them at around 6 months, and they layed fine until they were in their second summer 1.5 yrs old), then we started getting thin shells, and some of the hens stopped laying. After researching and trying to up their calcium...

thanks for all the info - I'll look into those websites. I've thought about the scratch issue _ I don't think I throw out too much, but since it's now warm, might just stop it for a while and see. as to water, in the summer we use a well, which we did last summer, but in winter it is shut down...

thanks for the ideas. none of the girls are in molt right now - they did in the fall, and most of them are fully re-feathered. the buffs are very fluffy and feathered. I have not seen any bugs either - they had some lice, but I dusted them, and added DE to their dusting area, and that now seems...

WOW - What a chicken playground you have - makes our look sad, I'd better get out there and fancy it up!

I have had our 6 chickens about 14 months. They have always laid hard-shelled eggs. recently one of the buffs began laying very fragile eggs, and when she steps out of the nest, it breaks - then, some of the other chickens have figured this out, and they eat the egg. they have never eaten a...