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    How long do chickens lay eggs?

    How long is a chicken productive as an egg layer? Our 22 chickens are about 1 1/2 years old, and have gradually decreased to just a few eggs a day. Is this normal? Is it time to get new chickens? Thanks
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    Chickens and fertilizer..??

    My hubby wants to fertilize the yard. We let the chickens free range a few hours during the day....and obviously I don't want them eating the fertilizer. Any suggestions?...besides keeping them cooped up?
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    How long are they "broody"?

    I have a hen that has decided to go broody..... She will sit on any eggs she can find...I have to lift her up to gather eggs. I put a wooden egg under her. How long will she continue to act this way if she doesn't have a nest of eggs?
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    bound up chicken....don't know what to do next.

    No, abdomen isn't bloated. When I sit her down, she sort of squats until I insist that she move.....then she walks normally......and hollars at me for making her move.
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    bound up chicken....don't know what to do next.

    I don't think she's egg bound....I'm beginning to wonder if she's broody???? Why do you think the others have started picking on her?
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    bound up chicken....don't know what to do next.

    We've had a chicken sitting "on her nest" for 3 days....finally figured out that she wasn't broody when she didn't produce any eggs. Brought her in and checked out the back end. It was pasty and gross. I washed her with warm water and noticed she was straining. I massaged her trying to feel...
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    Moving from CA to IN

    Quote: I'm also from Indiana........ don't live in Terre Haute, but have been through there a lot lately as my son goes to college in Vincennes. One thing about Indiana....if you don't like the weather....wait til tomorrow, it will be different.
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    Bloody eggs......

    what exactly are "meat spots"..... Please explain. Thanks
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    Bloody eggs......

    I've been selling my eggs, and I've had a couple "comment" that their eggs were bloody. One customer said it looked fine when they cracked it open to fry, but when they dipped the toast into it, the yolk was bloody. The other said that there were blood specs in the egg. From the amount of...
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    Variety of egg sizes.....like a treasure hunt!

    I don't think she's half bantam.....just a beginner. I have two I'm still waiting on to start laying, and I think that might have been one of them. Doesn't matter to me....I'm enjoying them all!
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    Variety of egg sizes.....like a treasure hunt!

    I've been getting a variety of sizes of eggs from the girls, Jumbo double yolkers quite often.....but boy was I surprised when I found this teeny weeny one!! Kind of fun never knowing exactly what you are gonna find!
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    help on Eggs please!!?

    How do you know who laid what? I have 23 hens, and have no idea who laid what egg, unless I happen to catch them in the act.
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    help on Eggs please!!?

    Why must you let the eggs cool on the counter before putting them in the frig? I'm new to egg laying too...and always looking for good advice. We are getting 9 a day now!!
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    Are my two hens prematurely "mature?"

    My chickens have started laying about a month earlier than I projected. They were not fed a high protien diet, just purchased chick starter and then switched to grower feed. Their eggs are small....but from what I've learned, that is normal .... "pullet eggs", and will get bigger. They have...
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    found a new setting on the camera.. photo critique requested

    Those are great pics!!! Wouldn't change a thing. Great composition, great color! I especially like #2.
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