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    A chicken with two different eye colors.

    I have a hen who has 2 different color eyes one orange and one green.
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    A chicken with two different eye colors.

    So one of my chickens has recently (1/31/22) noticed eye color change - one is orange and other is blue/gray. not sure if pupil is enlarged (gonna look at it again today) but what does dilated pupil mean
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    NEW LAYERS .....SHELLS WENT FROM HARD DARK COLORED TO SOFT LIGHT SHADE

    Thank you all..... I had thought it was better to premix and did it with a bag of feed....now I am thinking I should do the separate thing so I know they are eating the feed. They get treats (scratch and saltines) but on occasional basis. I use crackers as a training method.... they love...
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    NEW LAYERS .....SHELLS WENT FROM HARD DARK COLORED TO SOFT LIGHT SHADE

    PS....the white were store bought before my hens were laying.
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    NEW LAYERS .....SHELLS WENT FROM HARD DARK COLORED TO SOFT LIGHT SHADE

    The darker brown/red is the first ones she gave us, then they got light colored and thin shelled the past 2 days, today it was no shell. The green eggs are one of my other hens
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    NEW LAYERS .....SHELLS WENT FROM HARD DARK COLORED TO SOFT LIGHT SHADE

    My new hens are now about 5 months old and just started laying. The first layer gave us dark brown/red beautiful large eggs, her eggs have changed this week to light brown thin shell and today laid soft shell/no shell egg. One of my others just started laying and another is getting ready to...
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    Rooster acceptance of new hens....

    I have lost all 3 hens in the last 2 months (2 to neighbors dog attacked and 1 passed 2 days ago from unknown reasons - we did have a snake visitor that day and wonder if she had a heart attack. they are healthy). I was left with my Rooster all alone.... I got 3 new hens (who are about 4...
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    How to get free range birds in coop

    Ha ha ha.....mine were the same. They would come knocking on my back door during the day to get crackers.
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    HEN ATTACK

    My chickens were attacked by our neighbors dog the other day. We lost one and another was injured with puncture wounds, bruising and injured leg. Definitely not herself since. Today she had some bright yellow, little white, watery stool and I am worried she has internal injury/infection...
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    My hen has lost feathers

    I have used DE in all their coup - and in their food - and my hen has lost feathers badly. we thought it was the rooster but with a saddle on she continues to loose them and now her tail feather are almost all gone....all the others are so full. I had someone tell me the others are picking...
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    One bird lost her saddle feathers.

    Unfortunately, it won't let me post pics on here (not sure why) it says the uploaded file was not an image (?). But one of my hens is the same. We felt she was being mounted too much but the other hens are not/have not lost feathers like this. She is bare on her back and underside. now I...
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    Comment by 'djcram' in article 'Table Scraps and Leftovers for Chickens'

    My chickens are a little spoiled....they would not eat a pumpkin, but they LOVE watermelon! They come knocking on my door (when they are free ranging) for bread or crackers, or potato chips. They love berries - but not crazy about strawberries. Blueberries are their favorite! They do love...
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    HEN WITH LOST FEATHERS...

    One of my hens is/has been losing feathers particularly on her back, but have noticed some on her wings and neck. I have tried to upload pics but it would not let me.... We have thought about getting her a saddle, but why are none of the other hens having this issue. She has been this way...
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    EGG ISSUE

    do you consider 2 year old hens older? These are my first chickens so I don't know the average life. we do live in warmer/humid conditions (at times) but I never leave the eggs in the nest more than a few hours. I usually go check twice a day and they get put directly into the fridge. We...
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    Can anyone clue me in as to why most of the time when we're frying eggs, the whites are a bit watery, and the yolk memrbrane weak and it breaks?a

    No issues with the flock....they are all healthy and spoiled! We store the eggs in the refrigerator
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