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    Only getting a few eggs from dozen year old hens

    Hm. I have long suspected there was a feather picker in the flock but I have never seen it, although I know that doesn't mean there isn't one! I feed them layer crumbles, occasional scratch and kitchen scraps, and oyster shell. I don't think they are eating the eggs. I don't find the shell and...
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    Only getting a few eggs from dozen year old hens

    Also I have oyster shell available. :) thanks for helping!
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    Only getting a few eggs from dozen year old hens

    They are confined most of the time to their coop and run. I have found a clutch in the coop before but not since. And they have some bald spots? Is that molting? Early Summer? I thought that happened in the fall.
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    Blind pullet.

    I had a blind rooster, and he had a lavender orp buddy. Did we get chicks from the same breeder?! He was the sweetest chicken. My kids loved him and he could be held and even followed them around. With some care you could keep her. She may lay, after all, but probably in the run? Our hens...
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    Only getting a few eggs from dozen year old hens

    I am at a loss. For the past month maybe I've only gotten about 3-7 eggs from my flock of a dozen year old hens who were previously laying fine and giving us about a dozen a day. Is it the season? The weather? We live in town and have a well protected coop. Our back yard is surrounded by brick...
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    The 6th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-a-long!

    She didn't make it. She was zipping through the widest part of the shell and only made it 3/4 of the way through. Must have been positioned wrong and didn't have enough air. Wish I had helped sooner.
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    The 6th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-a-long!

    Membrane is brown. And she'll is coming off but not membrane. Going to assist. Also, this one is unzipping through the middle so maybe mal positioned? I am not hearing anything or seeing movement.
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    The 6th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-a-long!

    It's been over 24 hours since first one pipped, which is the one in the middle of unzipping. I can't tell if there's movement or chirping, we have other baby chicks in the room and the table the incubator is on wobbles a bit.
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    The 6th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-a-long!

    This is my first time and I have only a few trying to hatch. It's been a long time and two are pipped, one with beak out, and another halfway unzipped as of this morning. Nothing since. Maybe they're sleeping? Should I help?
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    The 6th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-a-long!

    None yet for us either. :(
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    The 6th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-a-long!

    Count me in!
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    Blind pullet.

    I recently got a black copper maran thrown in with a few chicks i bought from a local breeder because she was small. Turns out she is blind somewhat if not totally. She has a "buddy" right now, a lavender orp who is the same age. They are about 5-6 weeks old and coop ready. I have a flock of...
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    Gender of 6 week old BCM

    And yes, she was on the picnic blanket in our backyard. She just sits with us where ever we are, it's really turned out to be a great thing for my kids.
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    Gender of 6 week old BCM

    Thanks for your input! Fingers crossed. Here is another angle photo. S/he bobs her head around constantly so it was hard to get a good one.
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    Gender of 6 week old BCM

    I have this sweet French BCM who was so much smaller than the others and we were nursing her and discovered she is blind. She is now about six weeks old and her comb has suddenly changed somewhat. It isn't as big as others her age who were roosters for sure. But it's concerning me. I'm willing...
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