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    Help... Eggs half formed

    Shes about 5-6 months old and is being feed a layer pellet food. I dont have oyster shells for her, Didnt know how much/when etc.... Im expecting the other one (we have 2) to lay soon, I dont want the same thing to happen to her too if its something Im doing wrong....
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    Help... Eggs half formed

    We have been getting fine eggs (one a day)from one hen for about 4 weeks now. She does have a tendency to peck them if she has no food, or tips over her food tray (darn kids dont get there fast enough)...But now for two days in a row there is two eggs in he nest and they are half formed with no...
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    First egg today - Now a question!

    Yay, had an egg waiting for me this morning!! Now seeing as I am a newbie here.... Do we put the eggs in the fridge or leave them at room temp? And if so on the room temp do we have a certain "time frame" to eat them? Should we wait to eat them until they get bigger and more frequent, or are the...
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    HELP!! Squawking 4 weeks old chicks......

    Should I wait until they go outside to get them used to this, or just put in ear plugs??
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    HELP!! Squawking 4 weeks old chicks......

    We have two girls and they are still in the brooder box, moving them outside soon into the coop, however, we thought we would dim the light in the room (not the heat lamp, all done with that) to get them ready for dark outside, and they are going NUTS!!!!! We try to dim the light a little more...
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