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    Soft egg shell

    Thank you for your response. Temperature has been up and down. I have some young ones, may be just starting to lay. I will increase the protein in their diet and offer calcium and grits mix
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    Soft egg shell

    Today I found an egg with very soft shell. I know it means they lack calcium. I try to feed calcium fortified feed but I also feed them kitchen scraps and they are roaming around in the yard. Since it is only this one egg is it possible it is not related to food and one of my chickens is sick...
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    Hi from new member

    Hi, I am kind of new to this, I got my first baby chicks 18 months ago. We recently moved from TN to IL, 10 of the chickens and 2 roosters moved with me the other 5 I got here, actually one just showed up in the coop. I have 15 chickens and 2 roosters. The roosters hatched from the egg and they...
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    I lost my duck

    Couple weeks ago I found a duck in my front yard, injured but scars seemed to be old. She could not walk. I tried to take care of her, took her to vet. Tried to feed her well, gave vitamins. She seemed to get better but then she had diarrhea, I washed her and the next morning she was dead. I...
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