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    Difficult start to egg laying season

    Thankyou. Last question. How long would you bake them for?
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    Difficult start to egg laying season

    Can I ask how you prepare the egg shells to give them. Sorry if that's a silly question
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    Difficult start to egg laying season

    Different breeds Cream leg bar Bluebell And french cooper maran
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    Difficult start to egg laying season

    Update. She laid a brittle/soft shell. So one hen laying heavily calcium deposited egg and another a soft shell. I'm at a loss of what/if I'm doing anything wrong
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    Difficult start to egg laying season

    I seem to be having a tricky start to the new egg laying season. I've had one girl go off food for over 24 hrs after laying an egg. Another laying a heavily power coated egg (assuming calcium excess) then become withdrawn and off food. Both back to normal. And a third this morning found penguin...
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    Completely shell less egg

    Hi there, I was wondering if any one had ever experienced a hen laying completely shell less eggs? Yesterday she laid a normal egg but appeared to be coated in yolk and egg white. When I checked the normal egg it was definitely intact no breaks. She picked up and was doing normal chicken stuff...
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    Mucky bum

    Did you ever get to the bottom of this ?
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    Refusing to go to bed

    It wasn't just the fact that it was a soft shell. It was that it broke inside of her. I've sorted that, she's fine, I've also added additional supplement to water. The current issue is getting them to go in coop at night 🙄
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    Refusing to go to bed

    Don't have the dimensions to hand, but the coop is for upto 6 large hens and I currently only have the 3 new girls in it. It has two roost bars and a two nest boxes The set up is temporary as I described for introductions the initial quarantine period. Its located at the top of the garden by...
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    Refusing to go to bed

    Hi I have three new pullets about 22-23 weeks. They are currently separate from the older girls whilst we did quarantine and introductions. The first few nights they need encouragement to go into the coop. The after a week or so the mastered it. A few nights back one of the new girls laid a...
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    Black eye?

    No bubbling from the eye. And swelling has settled. Almost convinced it was from a nasty peck or injury some how
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    Black eye?

    Yeah looking more like it. It really swelled up yesterday but settled today and bruising changing colours Thank you for replying
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    Black eye?

    Makes sense. Thankyou
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    Black eye?

    There is no poison down or rat/ mice issues
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    Black eye?

    I can assure you this is the same chicken. They have started to come into lay hence the sudden wattle and comb increase in size and colour. I only three. I know who is who. But thankyou for your help
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