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She is feed layer pellets and cracked corn for scratch a couple times a week. It is hard to tell with twenty something who lays, when ten look the same. Hadn't noticed any problems until this am. Will contact the entension service to see who tests for avain.

I have a nine month old Wyandotte hen that I found in the corner of the coop this am. She was belly up to the corner and no one was bothering her. I gathered her and brought her in. Her bottom was gross so I washed the mud and poo off. She feels like her abdomen is hanging low. Is this egg...

We put plastic Easter eggs in the nests. We put the girls in from time to time and eventually they get the "feel" and figure it out for themselves. Also assists the broodies when they are waiting for a clutch. We just switch the fake for the real when we have enough.