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    Weak or shell-less eggs

    Thank you for the reply! I pretty much figured out that I am going to have to just hang around the coop and catch her at it like you said. What we usually do is keep her eggs for ourselves and along with any other smaller eggs and sell the others. It was OK when they were weak shells but the...
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    Weak or shell-less eggs

    We have one hen out of our 15 hens that is laying shell-less and/or weak eggs. She has always done this. I believe it is the way she is because they have access to plenty of calcium, etc and none of the others do that. My problem is I can't figure out which one is laying it. It is...
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    Problem with the pecking order

    We have one hen that is smaller than the rest. Up until the point she started molting they all got along just fine. Unfortunately when she molted and looked different they started pecking her. I ended up having to separate her in order to heal her up because she was bleeding and it was only...
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    Possibly Broody or something else?

    Thankyou! I will do that. I have a wire cage that would be perfect for it.
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    Possibly Broody or something else?

    If I put her in a cage, does it need to be small? I have a second area of our coop that is meant for chicks, actually about the size of many of the small backyard chicken coops. Or I have kennels, I could use. What would be best?
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    Possibly Broody or something else?

    No our eggs are not fertile and with our other hens, I am not needing her to lay right now. However, if it will be healthier for her then I definitely will try and break her of it.
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    Possibly Broody or something else?

    We are new to the chicken world and only have had our hens since February of this year. So new to some of their behaviors. I hope I am putting this in the right spot for this post. I have a chicken that is laying in her nesting box and refusing to leave. Not being mean just squawking when...
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    Oregon

    Eastern Oregon here!!
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    New on here!

    We have 17 laying hens that we got as chicks this last February and April. First year having chickens but we love them and they are a happy bunch!
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