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    Soft damaged eggs

    I give a small handful of rolled oats between the 3 of them in the morning sprinkled around the garden. Scratch mix when I need to move them away from the kitchen door.
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    Soft damaged eggs

    Yes, layer feed. The only treats are some scratch mix, the odd carrot and some rolled oats. Majority of their food is layer mix and whatever they find in the garden.
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    Soft damaged eggs

    Thanks, I can get Citracal from my local chemist which has calcium citrate as the ingredient.
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    Soft damaged eggs

    Thanks for the advice. Will get some calcium citrate tablets from my chemist. Is it better to feed it whole or ground up?
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    Soft damaged eggs

    My Australope chicken has started to lay eggs that are cracking so the yolk/white is laying on its own with the shell in the run or somewhere else in the garden. It also seems that she's laid a couple whilst on the roost so they've been pushed through onto the straw below. Today's may have...
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    Keeping Chickens Cool In a Heat Wave

    In Sydney (Australia) our summers are becoming unbearable so at night we have a stack of takeaway containers full of ice in their coop. This keeps the girls cool at night but during the day things are different. Constantly putting ice cubes in water containers around the garden (they're free...
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    Nearing 100 degrees F

    When it was summer here (Sydney) over the christmas holidays it was 47 degrees centigrade for a number of days and dropped to 40 for a 'cool period' we took the girls into our kitchen and put towels down and had a fan going. Was hot but not disgustingly so like the heat outside. Eventually we...
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    Chick dying!

    Sounds dumb, but have you tried taking the bub to an avian vet in your area? Hope it works out ok for you.
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    Wyandotte not laying-any ideas why?

    Thanks.
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    Wyandotte not laying-any ideas why?

    The egg belonged to the girl (RIP) in the background. The coop has a nesting area which all the girls use. They also use an old covered cat litter tray when they feel like a change of scenery; it's also in the run. There's not really any hidden areas in the yard that she goes so I doubt she's...
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    Wyandotte not laying-any ideas why?

    She is the one sitting down. She does have a double claw on one her back toes, not sure if that makes any difference. Thanks.
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    Wyandotte not laying-any ideas why?

    My lovely 7 month od Wyandotte hasn't laid an egg yet. Any advice would be great. She may have laid one egg once about a month ago but that's it. She makes a nest in the nesting box every day in the hope of laying.
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