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    What's up with this egg?

    We have one of our hens that started laying wrinkled eggs and they are sometimes a bit non-symetrical. Started when she resumed laying this spring. I haven't singled out the offending hen yet. We get several a week from her. They look fine inside although we usually feed these to our dog...
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    One of our hens is acting strange

    Rudy seemed to be doing a better when I locked them up tonight. Her tail was up and she went crazy for some scratch. Will keep an eye on her though. She had always layed pretty good. 4-5 eggs a week. Really dropped off during the winter until we didn't get anything from her. She wasn't...
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    One of our hens is acting strange

    Our RIR hen has not been laying for about a month. She is about 2-1/2 years old. Prior to that, she was laying an occasional egg every few days about a month ago. These eggs were very thin shelled and often broke in the coop. We were considering culling her, but she is one of my wife's...
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    Low Egg Production-Thoughts?

    We love all our girls, but I think we are going to pick up 3 more pullets. The girls are like therapy chickens for my wife who is disabled and severely visually impaired after suffering a stroke during surgery five years ago. She is limited in what she can do so the girls are a big part of her...
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    Low Egg Production-Thoughts?

    Thank you for you reply Basil G. Two of the three not laying are our oldest birds. They are two, going on three. My wife and had talked and were considering picking up another 3-4 pullets this spring, but wanted to check the board to make sure first. I'm a bit puzzled by our little ancona...
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    Low Egg Production-Thoughts?

    Our little flock has seriously dropped off on egg production. We have 5 hens. 2 year old R.I. Red, 2 year old Buff Orpington, 1-1/2 year old Americauna, 1 year old Ancona, 1 year old Ideal 236. Currently, the Americauna and Ideal 236 are giving us about 5 eggs per week each. We have not had...
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    Eye problem with several hens in our flock (pictures) Help Please!!!

    Thank you all for the replies. I went and talked to a local breeder and showed the pictures and described the symptoms. I was given some duramycin-10 to put in their water. With the Christmas upon us, it is tough to find anyone around. I have a call into some friends of ours (they are both...
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    Eye problem with several hens in our flock (pictures) Help Please!!!

    I noticed yesterday that our buff orpington was squinting her left eye. I didn't notice any apparent discharge. Today it was pretty much closed and I notice that our RIR and our Partridge Rock both had similar symptoms. The latter has a white discharge. We have a total of 6 hens in our...
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    Waterfowl Pics and Chat!

    So very sorry to hear that :(( Bill
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    Hi from Aloha, OR

    Thanks for the welcome everyone :)) Bill
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    Hi from Aloha, OR

    Hi everyone. There's a new flock in Aloha these days. We have picked up 6 girls. We had no idea how much fun they would be. I had chickens 40 years ago when I was a kid, but I don't remember them being this entertaining and with so much personality. They are great for my wife. Gini is...
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    Changes in egg production

    Thanks for the reply's. It must just be a winter slow down. I searched the garden area where they free range and no sign of eggs or any nest areas outside of the coop. I was hoping that by having light for them it would not be such a drastic change. We also have 3 younger pullets. 2 @25...
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    Changes in egg production

    My wife and I are new to the backyard chicken game. We absolutely love it so far. We didn't know how much fun our girls would be. They are better than television. I have a question regarding egg production. Our 3 older girls started laying about 6 weeks ago. We were consistently getting...
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