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    My "no enter" coop design *** CONTEST***

    8'x 8' elevated coop. Nesting boxes accessable from outside. Large door in rear allows raking out old shavings. Sliding tray under roosts allow easier shaving replacement cause you know it needs it more often. I've had as many as 23 hens at one time. Sometimes 2 broody hens would crowd up in 1...
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    Unreal amount of eggs

    Ok, they are at it again! After slowing down to 12-16 eggs a day for a week or so I just gathered 38 eggs for a two day total. We have 16 hens so that means all hens laid 1 egg per day with 6 of them laying 3 eggs in 2 days. This is getting ridiculous. I delivered 10 dozen to the homeless...
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    Not bumblefoot?

    Other foot looks fine.
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    Not bumblefoot?

    Our roo started limping badly a few days back and it hasn't gotten better so we decided to check him out. My wife is an RN. She saw no evidence of bumble foot as we understand it from web searches. She did see evidence of a portal of entry, a tiny black cut on foot. The pad was about double the...
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    Unreal amount of eggs

    Tutu, the post was from January. Our winter here in SE Texas was very mild with lots of sun so chickens went wild laying. My 16 hens have slowed down to 12-18 eggs a day now so all is good.
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    Is this a RIR rooster?

    Thanks sourland. We've got black sex link and barred rock hens. Gonna incubate some eggs for my granddaughter. Hope they come out interesting looking!
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    Is this a RIR rooster?

    A friend gave us this roo a couple of weeks ago. We think its a Rhode Island Red but not sure. His comb looks like a section of cauliflower!
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    Unreal amount of eggs

    Wow!,thanks! One of the few replies that addressed my concerns and didn't question my sanity or math skills. I am baking and crushing eggshells (30 shells = about 1 cup) and giving bone meal. I give about a cup every 3 days. They consume it all so I may need to up the allotment. Thanks for the...
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    Unreal amount of eggs

    Nope. Gather eggs every day myself. This happened 2 days in a row. 21 one day and 27 the next. Now they have settled down to 12-18 eggs a day. No more eggs on coop floor. I realize what happened was very unusual but it did happen. No mistakes in counting or missed days gathering eggs. No...
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    Unreal amount of eggs

    Aart, I was thinking it wasn't good for them also, hence my post. I just got rid of 1 mean rooster this morning and introduced a well mannered 1 year old roo. Maybe the shock of a new flock leader will slow them down. All the eggs I got were perfect except one that had a break in the shell.
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    Unreal amount of eggs

    Guinness book of world records.....1 hen laid 7 eggs in 1 day. I have also posted a link to another website we posted on where others had had similar experiences (2 eggs a day). Waiting on moderator to clear the post as it contains a link and we are new to this site. I was glad to see we were...
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    Unreal amount of eggs

    We posted on another forum. Here is the link. http://www.wellfedhomestead.com/how-many-eggs-does-a-chicken-lay-per-day Looks like there are quite a few folks out there who can't count.
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    Unreal amount of eggs

    Thanks to all for your sincere apologies. My wife, Mrs.OP, posted our egg problem on another forum and got some interesting replies. As an example one poster said he had 16 hens and got 20 eggs. There are several posts along those same lines. It seems 2 eggs per day from 1 hen is not the "Red...
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    Unreal amount of eggs

    This is Mrs OP, we wrote this forum out of concern for our chickens, we aren't lying nor are we incapable of counting. My hus band only told you of two days we have been getting an average of 18-20 for several weeks but when it jumped so high I asked him to write a forum to see if this is...
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    Unreal amount of eggs

    21,eggs one day, 27 the next. I know how to count and there are no other chickens around. I take offense to those claiming I stated an untruth. Drop by and count yourself. I have 16 hens total.
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