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    "Louisiana "La-yers" Peeps"

    Terri, Jeff thank you both for the advice She was egg bound, I followed the advice from the link and within about 20 minutes the egg finally came out I'm thinking the egg got stuck because it was HUGE!!!! Her first egg was tiny but this one would have to be classified as extra large...
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    "Louisiana "La-yers" Peeps"

    I only have one roo but I have noticed that he only covers this one hen, he doesn't even pay attention to the others. If she is egg bound how do I get the stuck egg out? To tell you the truth I never thought an egg could break inside a chicken, shouldn't it be easier to get out if it's broken?
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    First egg turned my red star into a zombie :( advice please

    Thank you for your reply :) I checked her abdomen it is a little swollen but not squishy but she did growl when I started poking around on it. Could that still mean she is egg bound? If there is an egg stuck in her how would I get it out? Could the stuck egg break?
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    First egg turned my red star into a zombie :( advice please

    Are there specific "symptoms" or behaviors for broodiness? I have checked around and so far have only found remedies for broodiness. My red star laid her first egg yesterday morning and has been acting strange ever since. Being her first egg I didn't expect it to be perfect but the egg was half...
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    "Louisiana "La-yers" Peeps"

    Thank you Terri, I didn't even think of that I'll do that now
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    "Louisiana "La-yers" Peeps"

    Are there specific "symptoms" or behaviors for broodiness? I have checked around and so far have only found remedies for broodiness. My red star that laid her first egg yesterday morning has been acting strange ever since. We caught my RIR roo covering her right before we took her egg so I'm...
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    "Louisiana "La-yers" Peeps"

    It has been forever since I have been on, I just had to share the news... my red star laid her first egg this morning My daughter and I had been in the coop playing with the birds for a good 20 minutes before I saw it. Of course she didn't lay it in her nice cushy nest box that we made for...
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    "Louisiana "La-yers" Peeps"

    Thank you :) All of these came from TSC, I chose them from the bantam pen but after I paid for them I was told they were straight run, the sales lady insisted that was their breed an old man that was there at the time told us that 5 of them were white rock pullets and the 6th one was a RIR...
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    "Louisiana "La-yers" Peeps"

    Hi everyone :) I have new pix of my feathered children to share lol I've just spent the past hr or so in the breeds section trying to figure out why they still don't look like the breed I was told they were I think I have finally figured out what all I have but I may be wrong All of them...
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