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    hens with spurs?

    Recently aquired some birds and were told they were all hens. Noticed after getting them home that one has 1.5 inch spurs and another has what looks to be the beginning of a pair. He was told they are hens regardless. Is this a possibilty or have both he and I been fooled?
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    rubbery egg shells from chicks

    another thing that I forgot to mention is that the chicks have been with the hens and helping them eat the hen food as well as their own for a while. Could the food have something to do with it?
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    rubbery egg shells from chicks

    We have been doing that. Thanks. I guess i should have asked if it is it too early for them to be laying and that is why they are that way? Will this continue until they are older?
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    rubbery egg shells from chicks

    We have 5 chicks that are 10-12 weeks. A week ago I saw an eggshell on the floor of the coop and thought it may have been our laying hen that dropped it out of the nest box and it broke and thought nothing of it. This morning when I went out, there were 2 of these same shells plus the laying...
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