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    Huge clutch of eggs found un a shrub

    Wow, that's loads of brilliant info. Thanks. We did have a cockerel but he 'bought' it fairly early on. Coccidiosis in the soil they reckoned. We have decided against replacing him and just stick to hens. We only have the two at them moment but intend to get some more this spring - we'll just...
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    Huge clutch of eggs found un a shrub

    Just for laughs - although sad really, where are Beattie's (the trike Sussex) babies? She's now scratching around away from the site, so fingers crossed she'll let it be ;) So that's 13 pointy eggs plus the 14th I found this morning - luckier than 13 :D
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    Huge clutch of eggs found un a shrub

    Brilliant! 1 day on the forum and I've learned more than I could have expected. Thanks so much for your support. I still remember asking myself why chickens lay eggs anyway, even though not fertilised :lol:. She certainly resembled a flat pancake yesterday but she let me pick her up quite...
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    Chickens in Atlantic Pyrenees

    Hi There, thanks for the kind welcome from all. Here is a picture of the two ladies - prior to moult I hasten to add. The Sussex is now more white than brown :hmm
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    Huge clutch of eggs found un a shrub

    We thought one of our chickens had stopped laying. She moulted in the autumn and that was that. Occasionally she would lay the sporadic egg in the nesting box. They are easy to identify looking like a cross between a torpedo and a suppository. As she is mainly a meat breed, we put it down to...
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    Chickens in Atlantic Pyrenees

    Hi, A quick intro from Rose-Marie and Jan (me - no not a Janet, but Dutch for John). We live in the Atlantic Pyrenees in the South of France in a valley called the Vallée d'Ossau and are fairly new to chickens. About 18 months ago we bought 4 chickens and had the cockerel/rooster thrown in. A...
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