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    Crash Course in Vorwerk bantams

    I have written a web site all about Vorwerks as there are a lot of mis information about them...and soon in England they will become a rare breed again as people are interbreeding them. My web site is: www.vorwerkfanciersclubofgreatbritain.co.uk.
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    Egg without shell? Whats with this egg...

    Hi i think one of them has been upset by something. I wrote about the same or similar the other day on here. My buff orpington laid an odd egg half soft and half hard in the morning. The day before was a lot of noise coming from 2 doors down as she had just got 4 chickens and her dog was...
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    Weird egg, soft one side...

    update. In the afternoon, she went back into the nest box... I found another egg at 4pm from her. Could she have laid two eggs? The other 3 were outside mooching about she was the only one in the box in the afternoon. I wonder if she was supposed to lay a double yolker or something. Most...
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    Why have my birds stopped laying

    Hi grit and calcuim are two different things. They need the grit to digest their food and the calcuim is from the shell, unless of course you buying the mixed grit and calcium. I wonder if they need a bit of protein if they are eating the eggs or a lack of water? Some of the reasons that hens...
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    How to encourage roosting in the coop?

    hi have you checked for red mite? One of my friends who has chickens had a smilar problem last year they would not go in and roost after always doing so. A friend who is a chicken expert came to see her and found red mite in the coop. Once that was eradicated they went back in no problems...
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    Weird egg, soft one side...

    Hi my buff orpington has been laying successfully now for several months, and is a prolific layer. When she first started she did lay the odd egg with no shell or soft shell. This morning i found an egg again which is weird shape, shell around one side and soft the other..... I am worried...
  7. Odd egg half soft....experienced chicken.

    Odd egg half soft....experienced chicken.

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    Sponsored Post Congratulations MamaNini! You won a beautiful coop from Handcrafted Coops!

    Before you even contemplate taking on chickens WARNING a chicken will totally change your life. They are a long-term commitment they can live over 6 years. Do your homework first. Still interested. Ok the 3 basics. First their housing should be outside in a coop or shed. You can buy...
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    Can I be sure my chickens aren't "starving" if they don't eat all their pellets off the ground?

    HI i had similar problem with feeding. My girls wont eat pellets they like mash. I was putting it on plates and most of it ended up on the floor and trodden in to the dirt in their run. Now I have bought myself really cheaply a large deep round plant saucer. Its plastic and it is brilliant...
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    Post your FIRST EGG pics!

    Now this is an egg lol from my pullett Red Hampshire. She lays one a week roughly this size lol....ouch.
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    BUFFY MY ORPINGTON IS AN EGG MACHINE

    Buffy is one of my pullets. I have 4 girls, a red hampshire hybrid, Muran, Burford Brown and buffy. I got them on the 18th September and 3 of them started laying in November but not Buffy. I was told actually because of the winter months and their age i probably would not get many eggs...
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    Still only getting 2-3 eggs a day! Ugh!

    Quote: I have pulletts 4 and was just getting a few eggs now and then. Then my naughty girls got into my covered patio area where I feed the cats and ate all their food and the next day I had 3 eggs lol....(I have never had 3 in one day before)I read up about cat food and some people say it...
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