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    consistently getting soft shelled eggs

    Well... my girls have it made. Plenty of sun/vitamin d. Free choice oyster shell and crushed egg shells. Organic layer feed. Outside free ranging each day. Not too many treats so it doesn't mess with their nutrition. All 11 were happy, no fighting, etc. Bird in question was super friendly. She...
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    consistently getting soft shelled eggs

    Ceceuu: I'm still getting at least 2 a week. All mine are red sex links and I get usually 9-10 per day from 11 hens. Yesterday was the first time there were 11 in the box and one was soft shell again so I'm convinced it's from her and she just has calcium issues and isn't going to change. Or if...
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    consistently getting soft shelled eggs

    is there a form of calcium I can giver her?? crushed up pills?
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    consistently getting soft shelled eggs

    caught the white one in the box today, another egg just like the 2nd picture. Shell-less
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    consistently getting soft shelled eggs

    well he sells regularly, it's his business, and I got 2 from him a few years ago and they were super healthy birds. The other 10 are fine... I suspect it's just this one bird with the soft/shell-less eggs that's why I'm baffled. There was lots of feather picking/roost bar fighting when they...
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    consistently getting soft shelled eggs

    Are they getting layer feed? YES Do they have oyster shell available in a separate container? YES Are they getting treats, table scraps or scratch grains? YES
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    consistently getting soft shelled eggs

    the first egg on the 11th looked like this: the last 2-3 looked like this: I just cut into the one from the 22nd, inside looks fine, outside is 'paper thin': today's egg I really didn't study so I don't know what it was cuz I wanted it out of there before they got any ideas to...
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    consistently getting soft shelled eggs

    So... I got 6 pullets on 3/10 to add to my existing flock of 5. Some were laying, some just starting. All 11 are red sex links from the same farm and were born Aug/Sept 2014. On the 11th, 22nd and 24th I got a soft shelled egg. I got at least 1 if not 2 between the 11th and 22nd, I can't...
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    can i feed them sprouted/old potatoes?

    Potatoes are about a month old... A bit soft and sprouting. Can i give them to my chickens?
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    Make your own - No waste - 5 gallon (25# feed) bucket feeder for about $3

    I did cut it down, I used a .75" spacer when installing the elbow, so there really isn't much feed/isn't too high. argh! Thanks for the info!
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    Is a long narrow a coop ok?

    Thanks everyone, we went with 4x6 with an additional 2x4 bump out area since we couldn't accommodate a standard 4x8
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    Make your own - No waste - 5 gallon (25# feed) bucket feeder for about $3

    I made the 5 gallon bucket feeder but my girls are sending the food flying... help?! What did I do wrong?? (See pic, food on ground)
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    5 gallon bucket feeder -- food mess on the ground?!

    So I made the horizontal bucket waterer (love it!) and the pvc feeder to hopefully make my life easier... but the birds are getting feed on the ground. I thought this was a 'no mess' feeder?? I followed the instructions exactly. Is it perhaps the height of the bucket? One bird is much messier...
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    DIY Instructions for Very EASY heated waterer for under $20 bucks

    Is this the right thing to buy from ebay? Thx!! http://www.ebay.com/itm/5-Solway-HORIZONTAL-SIDE-MOUNT-POULTRY-CHICKEN-GAME-BIRD-WATERING-NIPPLES-/221543834850?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item33950aa4e2
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    Is a long narrow a coop ok?

    I do plan on raising up the coop 24"! As you said, I think higher than 30" is too close to face level as well :) :) :)
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