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    Concerns about and scabbing on combs and faces

    I need some help please. I have been looking at other posts regarding bruising and scabbing on my chickens' combs and around their faces (pictures attached) They free range on 1 1/2 acres fenced during the day and in their coop at night. No other animals except our own dogs have access to our...
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    Today's temperature = # of eggs.

    Hello all! Our temps have varied recently from frosty 32 to sunny 65 to rainy and today 65 and we have been getting between 5 to 7 eggs daily from our 14 hens. They are still relatively young they will be a year old in March so hopefully by then all of our hens will be laying. They have been...
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    Strange film on egg question?

    The egg was fairly fresh when I found it so the white stuff was sorta soft like paper mache and when I started to rinse the egg some peeled off kind of like the film that is sometimes on a hard boiled egg.
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    Strange film on egg question?

    Hello all, our chickens are now about 7 months old and most have been starting to lay eggs :) my question is does this egg look normal? This is the first time we have seen this kind of coating on the eggs, I'm not sure which chicken laid this egg but it could be the first egg from one of our...
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    First eggs!

    Hello all! So excited! Our Silver Laced Wyandottes have started to lay eggs! I have gotten 5 so far. Question and may sound funny but when can we start eating the eggs? How long do they last outside, it gets up in the 90's to 100's here and 70's at night. Since they just started within the...
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    Hello group!

    Central California, Clovis here. We have been chicken parents since March and loving our chickens. We got them when there were 5 days old and so so cute. Started out with the guarantee of 99 percent sure that all were hens but alas we have a Rhode Island Red who turned out to be a rooster...
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    Now is your chance to win... various contests----- ENDS 7/26/12

    Name: Mr. Rooster Age: 9 months Breed: Belgian d'Uccle-Mille Fleur Catagory: Flock Proctor About: he may be small but he is a mighty leader and a sweet boy with a big voice.
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    How do I measure up?

    Hello all! New here. We have had our chickens since early March, got them when they were 5 days old from Belt Hatchery. We added a Belgian d'Uccle Mille Fleur a month later and he hatched out in October. Love love him! He is so cute. Let me just say we are not interested in breeding...
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