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    Egg without a shell

    Yes I would recommend offering oyster shell to your hens, it is readily available at any store that sells feed. You should be feeding your hens a quality layer feed. Laying hens need calcium to produce the egg shell. If your hens are not laying in the nest box and previously were if could be do...
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    Hello from iowa

    One week old and everyone is still alive and doing good. Haven't had any problems with pasty butt since I started giving them hard boiled eggs daily. They are growing a lot and starting to show new feathers and different colors and the family is having a blast with them.
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    Hello from iowa

    Oh and yes any one can pick-up from McMurray but they have a tight window something like 8AM till 11AM I didn't actually get to see the hatchery I had to work but my wife did she said she could hardly tell there was any animals there is was very clean and didnt even smell.
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    Hello from iowa

    Thanks for the welcomes there will be more pictures to come of our adventure, still waiting for this frigid weather to pass (-15 when I got up today) so we can finish setting up their coop.
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    Hello from iowa

    Hello my name is Dallas I live in north Iowa we just picked up our first chicks Monday from Murray McMurray Hatchery. We are very excited about the whole experience and very glad to have BYC as a resource. After the first night I noticed my chicks with pasty butt and lucky from reading all the...
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