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    Strange spots in my egg.

    I asked in facebook group and the consensus seems to be that they are calcium deposits. In case anyone else is looking and comes across this thread.
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    Strange spots in my egg.

    So I got an egg with spots that look kind of similar. This is the only pic/post I could find that looks remotely similar. Here's mine. It's the only one I've noticed so far.
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    Pecked in the eye by a chicken??

    Yes. Twice and by the same chicken. First time I went to the eye doc and they checked the depth of the scratch and got a prescription for anti-biotic drops. Good thing I didn't toss it afterwards because it happened again in the other eye a month after the first one. Not going to let that...
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    The Svart Hona (Swedish Black Hen) Thread!

    I was told they were from a Ewe Crazy Roo and GFF hens but I have my doubts. Both of my girls are broody and decided to give one chicks. She is doing pretty good with them so far.
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    The Svart Hona (Swedish Black Hen) Thread!

    Both of my boys turned out to be total jerks. One almost killed one of my hens. He went to freezer camp immediately after that. He had a lot of white feathering so hadn't planned on keeping him anyway. The other one was always good to the girls but attacked me. He went to freezer camp over the...
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    Isbar thread

    I've been wanting this breed for a while and finally got some hatching eggs. All 3 of them hatched and it's looking like I ended up with 1 splash boy, 1 splash girl and 1 blue girl. Pretty good odds compared to the rest of the hatch which were mostly boys. They are 4 weeks old.
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    The Olive-Egger thread!

    I'm already loving it. I already had the 7 egg Brinsea but it just wasn't big enough. The 14 egg new one has some nice features. Can add water without opening it up and there's a little hole you can open/close to release humidity or heat if needed.
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    The Olive-Egger thread!

    Some olive egger (Welsummer x Isbar) and olive egger back cross eggs went into the new incubator on Friday.
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    Pics of your most colorful eggs!!

    She's a marans x isbar cross. I had two of them but just lost one to a predator last week so down to one. :(
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    Pics of your most colorful eggs!!

    Yay Spring is finally here and everyone is laying again!
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    The Svart Hona (Swedish Black Hen) Thread!

    That's exactly what I did the 3rd or so time he did it. I never acted afraid of him. He just went after my boots. Didn't scare me. I kind of kicked him off but not too hard one of the times but the other day was able to nab him and I carried him around for a while. He hasn't done it again since...
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    Pics of your most colorful eggs!!

    My breed list is in my signature. The greyish brown is from one of my olive eggers. They are a marans x isbar cross.
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    The Svart Hona (Swedish Black Hen) Thread!

    Thanks @birdman55 I didn't think you were being mean. This is my first time with "svart honas". I got them as hatching eggs from someone local that claimed her roo is from Ewe Crazy and the hens from GFF.
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    The Svart Hona (Swedish Black Hen) Thread!

    My 22 week old svart boy has decided he doesn't like my boots and has been attacking them for the last couple of days. I thought svarts were supposed to be kind and gentle. The two girls I have are sweeties. I had another cockerel that went to freezer camp a couple of weeks ago because he...
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    red line up/down the leg and feet

    It appears Swedish Flower Hens also have this phenomenon. I had buff orpingtons in the past and never noticed this on their legs.
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