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    How Many Eggs Did You Get Today?

    Quote: Are they molting? 4 for 4 today. 25 for week. No, not molting. Must have been a fluke or something... things are back to normal.
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    How Many Eggs Did You Get Today?

    This week, mine have all but stopped! I got one egg from nine hens... normally I get 7. Any ideas??
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    Eggs breaking easy

    I feed them scraps (including the egg shells), hen scratch and laying crumbles. This has just started yesterday. I thought I was just me yesterday, but earlier when I was collecting, two fo the eggs barely bumped each other and one cracked. I can actually tell that they feel different too...
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    Eggs breaking easy

    I normally do feed the shells back to them. May I still need to add oyster shell too... I'm stuck!
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    Eggs breaking easy

    My hens are laying but the eggs are very brittle. Either that or the shells are very thin...maybe both! Collecting eggs, I am breaking them by holding them. What gives? any ideas???
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    She's killing them!!!!

    they'reHISchickens : She is young and this might be one case where I'd be tempted to try the method of tying a dead chicken to her and making her drag it around until she hates it thoroughly. Make sure there is an immediate cause/effect though. You would have to catch her in the act and do it...
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    Wheaten Hen not laying and hardly walks

    Have you looked at her feet? See if her feet/legs look scaley. She may have mites. I have just go my brood cured of it. It's an easy cure, dip the feet in cooking oil. It doesnt have to be "new". I have a friend with a restaurant and I got used oil from her. Just dip them (I did it every...
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