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    Double Yolks

    The very first egg my Columbian Blacktail laid was a big, weirdly-shaped double yolker. She laid regular eggs for several weeks after that but just recently laid another really big double yolker. My understanding is that it's fairly common to get unusual eggs (double yolks, weird shapes, weird...
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    Hens suddenly laying in strange places & soft-shelled eggs

    Hi Kiki, thanks for your response :) I've already added a lot more straw to the nest box and put a couple of fake eggs back into it, so hopefully that will help. I was sick for the past week and didn't clean out the nestbox myself - someone helpfully did it for me but I think they didn't put...
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    Hens suddenly laying in strange places & soft-shelled eggs

    Hi all, I've had three hens since April - a Columbian blacktail, an Amber Star and a Light Sussex. Not sure of their age when I got them but they were pretty young with very small undeveloped pink combs & wattles, and weren't old enough to lay. Blacktail has now been laying for about 8 weeks...
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    UK Member Please Say HI

    Peach and Rosa, my Amber Star and Columbian Blacktail, are now laying reliably almost every day. Rosa had a few shell-less and jelly eggs when she first started, but she's a pro now. Peach had no egg issues and just started laying perfect little eggs straight off :) Daisy, the Light Sussex, is...
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    Incredibly long shot but my friends in Corsham, Wiltshire have just found a fancy breed chick in their garden - one with feathered feet. They are looking after her/him overnight and then calling the RSPCA and local vets in the morning. If anyone in the area has lost a chick / young bird please...
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    Greens & veg for chickens?

    Hi all, I have three hens that are just coming into lay. They're kept in a run and don't range, and are fed on a complete layers pellet feed with occasional extra treats. Initially they were on grass but they made short work of it and now have wood shavings on the floor. I've been trying to...
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    UK Member Please Say HI

    I'm in Devon too - near Exeter :)
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    New chicken owner - one hen obsessively pecking at water?

    She lost interest in doing this yesterday evening when it started to get close to bedtime and went around foraging/eating instead. This morning she drank a LOT when she first came out of the house, but then carried on behaving as normal - no more water pecking today! Guess it was just a...
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    Awww they look so happy in the sun! The run is great - took a bit of putting together but it's been excellent so far. They are just staying in the run at the moment and seem happy but I'm planning to get a bit of extra portable fencing so I can let them have supervised trips onto the rest of...
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    Hi Yorkshire coop, thanks for the welcome! :D I'm loving chicken keeping so far! I never thought watching chickens peck around and do their daily chicken stuff could be so fascinating. I'm very attached to them already - little Peach is my favourite, she's my little buddy and is braver than the...
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    UK Member Please Say HI

    Hi all! New member here - been keeping 3 hens for only a few days! I'm currently in Devon but originally from Cornwall and have moved around a lot :) My hens are Peach (Amber Star). Daisy (Light Sussex) and Rosa (Columbian Blacktail) :)
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    New chicken owner - one hen obsessively pecking at water?

    Hi all, Am new to the forum and chicken keeping - have been keeping three hens for a few days :) I'm in the UK, have a Columbian Blacktail, and Amber Star and a Light Sussex. They were purchased as point of lay hens but haven't started laying yet - hopefully soon! They're being kept in a...
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