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    Hen Laid a Mass of Egg Shells

    Thank you again!
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    Hen Laid a Mass of Egg Shells

    Thank you for the info... the "egg" was hard as a rock and had no liquid inside nor any smell. Based on what I read from the links, I don't think it's a lash egg. I wish I knew which hen laid it. None of them seem to be acting strange or lethargic.
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    Hen Laid a Mass of Egg Shells

    Yesterday morning I found a "rock" in the nesting box. It was hard and heavy and we cracked it open to find that it appeared to be multiple eggs shells. Has anyone had this happen? Should I be concerned? I've been giving the girls flaxseed mixed in with veggie scraps and I wonder if I'm over...
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    Today's temperature = # of eggs.

    We live in northern Vermont and I've been very surprised at the egg production we've been getting. We have no artificial light source. We have 11 hens; 7 golden comets, 3 barred rocks and 2 australorps. On Monday 1/21, our high temp was 18 degrees and we got 11 eggs Tuesday, 1/22 our high was...
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    Hello from Vermont!

    Hello from Vermont... also from Vermont! Good luck with your new family member...sounds like she's very happy to have a new chicken momma!!!
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    Free ranging in snow?

    My chickens didn't much like the snow a month ago... they were slipping around and, I have to admit, it was hysterical. This past weekend it snowed while they were free ranging and they went from having grass to much on (albeit brown grass) to snow everywhere they walked. I swept a path from...
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    Keeping the Girls Out

    What a great idea! My girls are tearing up our landscaping... the sedum must keep the ground a bit warmer and thus, seem to be home to lots of bugs... and i'm afraid, come Spring, there won't be anything left! I think I'll give something like this a try as a landscape border... wish me luck!
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    Howdy BYC Gang from Northern VT!

    Thanks for the warm welcome and information everybody!!!
  9. Michele C

    Howdy BYC Gang from Northern VT!

    Hello and Happy Labor Day Everyone! My husband and I are raising our first flock of hens. We have 11 lovely ladies who were born on May 18th of this year. The girls are just starting to get their wattles and we are learning a lot as we go. I have found BYC to be an invaluable resource and...
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