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    Chickens not laying eggs

    get oyster shells or dry and crush egg shells
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    Chickens not laying eggs

    mill scratch and cracked corn is non-nutritious feed, and they are not getting protein. I feed organic layer crumble, and soaked whole oats and black oil sunflower seeds (soaking activates nurients and expands the seeds, so you get more feed), and put minerals in their water. They also get meat...
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    Chickens not laying eggs

    chickens need protein, mine get meat scraps and fermented oats and sunflower seeds in addition to organic crumble. and yes mites would cause them not to lay eggs, and mites are challening to completely remove. I keep diatomacious earth in their laying boxes with the straw, and put some in their...
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    Topic of the Week - Broody hens

    At times there are eggs when one of the other chickens lay an egg, but I collect the eggs every afternoon. Mainly these two are sitting in empty nesting boxes. I do not have a rooster and am not hatching any eggs. I would love to connect personally with a chicken 'whisperer' to see whats...
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    Topic of the Week - Broody hens

    I have two chickie girls, that are small and mix breeds, one has some silkie, the other is a white with black feather speckles. They continuously go in and out of brooding and hardly ever do I see an egg. Would love to have no brooding and eggs instead, or brooding and egg laying would also be...
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