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    Winter Egg laying

    We have about 25 chickens, 12 RIR/Buff Orphington cross, 3 Delawares and the rest are Dominickers and two 3 year old arachanas (oh I have 2 RIR/Buff Orp roosters). I am only looking at 12 who would be laying, the Delawares and Dominickers, the rest are too young and all my RIR's are moulting...
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    Winter Egg laying

    My husband raises beef cattle and most folks don't want the beef liver. We also live in deer hunting country and venison liver is quite easy to come by. This was suggested to me in this forum by several people. They say its the protein. They said to just thaw it out and give it to them raw...
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    What makes some eggs "freckled"

    I also get freckled eggs. The freckles wipe off the shell with a damp cloth but sometimes it is harder than others to get off. I thought it was blood from a broken blood vessel or something like that. Chances are not but when the freckles wipe off it sure looks like dried blood on the cloth.
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    Winter Egg laying

    I want to thank all of you for the advice on helping my chickens lay better through the winter. We have put a light on in the coup, encreased the feed with a 2:1 ratio of corn screenings, make sure they had plenty of fresh water and have been feeding liver and meat scraps. My egg production...
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    I FOUND OUT WHY MY HENS AREN'T LAYING!!!!!! :)

    I live in lower-upper Michigan near the bay. Give me some ideas on helping my chickens fair the winter. Do any of your hens lay during the winter months? How many hours of light should they be getting? I have buff orphingtons/RIR cross, Delawares and Dominickers. Thank you, usually I get...
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