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    Strange Egg

    Wow, that was one crazy looking egg!
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    Strange Egg

    I just read over that article and found it fascinating. I've encountered a few of those egg problems too. I the ones I have encountered are caused by stress, or at least that's what they had in common. I'm always telling my kids to stop chasing the chickens. I wonder if my kids are stressing...
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    Strange Egg

    Thank you for the info! I'll look over it.
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    Strange Egg

    So one of my chickens laid this today. There's no soft spots. Everything's hard like an egg shell should be with the exception of the strange split. Does anyone know what happened here or what may have caused this?
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    Big Eggs and Little(ish) Eggs with Blood -Two questions

    amazingly enough, the giant egg isn't the one that was bloody, it was the small one. Thanks for the info though. I'll keep an eye on them.
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    Big Eggs and Little(ish) Eggs with Blood -Two questions

    Hi there! Here are two eggs that were laid this morning by my two Rhode Island Reds and now I have two questions. 1. Will the hen that laid this monstrous egg lay normal eggs again? Her eggs have been getting progressively larger over the past week. This one I know she struggled to lay...
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    HELP Durvet Vitamins and Electrolytes mixing directions for 1 gallon

    What if I am only mixing up 2 cups worth at a time? Anyone know how much to use then?
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    What do POL Ameraucanas Look like?

    Thanks for the link! That was really helpful. who knew there could be so many different types of combs. it's fascinating.
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    What do POL Ameraucanas Look like?

    Oh they are beautiful!
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    What do POL Ameraucanas Look like?

    I think you are probably right on that one. They were sold to me as "Ameraucana's" but the lady kept referring to olive colored eggs. They were beautiful so I don't mind if they aren't true Ameraucanas. They both have the single comb or is it a pea comb? I'm not sure. I'm still new to all...
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    What do POL Ameraucanas Look like?

    Hi there! I have two ameraucanas who were hatched sometime in March (not sure when exactly). My question is what are my girls supposed to start looking like when they are getting ready to lay? I've noticed changes in their face (getting redder) but what is their comb supposed to look like? I...
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    Egg Song

    That's a little bit better odds then we had. We originally started out with 7 chicks and ended up having just 2 hens and 5 roosters. I ended up buying 2 more pullets off craigslist and getting rid of 4 of the roosters for free. We actually ended up giving away our last rooster yesterday so...
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    Egg Song

    My pullets were hold outs and didn't start laying (at least the one) until 24 weeks exactly on the day. It took that one fooooorrrreeeeeevvvvveeeerrrrr. I guess not really forever since 6 months is average. It just seemed that way. So now I have three more pullets to look forward to laying...
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    Egg Song

    Awww, that's no fun. I hope mine keep up the song. It's really fun to listen to.
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    Post your FIRST EGG pics!

    We got our first egg today!!! Hurray!
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