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    Our Chickens Living Area

    My dad made our chicken pen out of old drilling rods and chicken wire. It has a gate for us to get in and out to feed and water them. There is a hole and a covered walkway for them to get into their "house". Inside the house is laying boxes and poles for them to roost on. It is made out of an...
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    First post... I'll use it for you to get to know me. I'm 27 and I'm currently a stay at home mommy to three wonderful (when they want to be) children. I'm looking to go back to work so we can pay of bills and get ahead. SOOOOOOOO not looking forward to going back but what has to be done has to...
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    *Help!! Hen was attacked!*

    I agree, if possible put her with her chicks in an area away from other chickens, roosters, or whatever else. Leave the area that has been injured alone unless it looks like it is starting to become infected then put some OTC antibiotic ointment on it. We had a hen get attacked by another hen...
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    Odd Egg Texture

    Potato peels are few and far between, for the most part we eat them.
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    Odd Egg Texture

    I have 10 chickens... whites, reds, barbed rocks, and arachanas (SP?). They are fed a layer crumble, cracked corn (except when they get veggies), oyster shells and veggie scraps (corn cobs, potato peels, tomatoes, zuchini, squash.... whatever else we have on hand) I have one water dispencer that...
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    Odd Egg Texture

    For the last few months my chickens have been laying eggs where the white of the egg has a spongy texture. They taste like an egg but the texture is just off. It doenst matter if they are fried or hard boiled the texture is the same. Any thoughts?
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