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    Bone Meal as a calcium substitute

    Oh, I better check the bag. Not sure the additives would be the same in South Africa but better safe than sorry. Thanks
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    Bone Meal as a calcium substitute

    Wow! Thanks for the feedback everyone. I will look for some of these alternatives and see how they work out!
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    Bone Meal as a calcium substitute

    Hi All, Just noticed that I got a 2 year anniversary trophy and am happy to report my flock of 4 are still happy and roaming here in my Cape Town backyard. Before I get to my question about calcium in the feed, I just want to share a story about my littlest chicken whom I've post about before...
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    2 year old hen crowing like a rooster!

    Lol, I wouldn't want to do that. She's got far too much character.
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    Crowing hen

    I also have a 2 year old Bushveld (South African breed) that has started crowing. And she can really crow like a boy. We do not have roosters and no one nearby in our suburban neighborhood does either so I have no idea how she learned it. She's the smallest in my flock of 4 with the biggest...
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    2 year old hen crowing like a rooster!

    I have a 2 year old hen that has started crowing. She's always been a noisy squawker, even thought she's the smallest one in my flock of 4. But she's full on crowing like a rooster now. She's not doing it at 5am and it seems to be to get my attention, but it's still very annoying and I can't...
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    Comment by 'Cargar' in article 'Chicken Behavior The Ignorant Gal's Guide To Things No Sane Person Would Tell You About Chickens'

    Very entertaining and I agree that you should have your own chicken column. We all could add a few more items to your list. Mine would be that little did I know that chickens are way nosier than roosters any day. My 4 girls squawk and chatter and screech at the top of their lungs all day. They...
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    Chicken struggles to lay

    There are two kinds of feed for chickens at our local feedstore and I buy both. One is laying feed which are the pellets for your laying hens, this has all the nutrition they need but they don't really like it, I have to grind it up and mix it with kiefer to get them to eat it which I do once a...
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    Chicken struggles to lay

    Okay, a follow up. I've investigated this a little more and I just don't think it can be a calcium problem? All the chickens lay beautiful eggs with very hard shells and perfect looking, except for my biggest chicken that sometimes has a few small spots of calcium on the shell (which seems to...
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    Chicken struggles to lay

    My problem initially was they were not interested in the poultry feed or the laying feed at all. I put it out for them and they literally ignored it so it just ended up feeding the pigeons. At the moment I take it out to them a couple of times a day and they peck a bit at it then go back to...
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    Chicken struggles to lay

    I only have 4. All the same age and 3 have been laying for about 5 weeks with no problems, lovely eggs. One chicken hasn't started laying yet but she may just be a late bloomer. The one I'm worried about is definitely the smallest, I will post a picture of how big they are now (about 6 1/2...
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    Chicken struggles to lay

    She gets laying feed as well as a regular poultry mix. I also spoil them with keifer and oatmeal or sometimes some cooked quinoa or brown rice. They free range all day in my rather large garden, any shells would be ground up in the garden. They like snails, also plenty of those shells around...
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    My hen strains to lay her egg lately

    Thanks, I feel like I might be over reacting but she just seems so uncomfortable. I don't want her to hurt herself.
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    My hen strains to lay her egg lately

    I tried posting yesterday and would surely appreciate some help. First, I'd like to state that my hen is not egg bound from what I've read. She is laying beautiful, perfect eggs near daily. The problem is that lately (not always) she strains to lay. It takes her several hours on the nest and she...
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