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    2 yr RIR hen suddenly hostile to teenage girl!

    My 2 yr old RIR hen, our long-time favorite, suddenly has started pecking at and chasing my fourteen year old daughter, who has always picked up her, taken her on swing rides, fed her, and cared for her. The flock went through some changes this summer that left Red distraught and she stopped...
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    hens laying watery eggs

    Just posting a follow-up. Having read a bit more about egg drop syndrome and failing to find anything that provided specific description that matched the poor interior quality of Dulci's eggs, I have backed off this theory. It helps that apparently this condition has not been recognized in the...
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    I think we have egg drop syndrome. Any help appreciated

    I'd worried my Australorp had egg drop syndrome (see thread about 'hens laying watery eggs') but have come to the conclusion that this is somewhat unlikely, given that according to some websites on this subject and as you and speckled hen said, this isn't a recognized condition in the U.S...
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    hens laying watery eggs

    Thanks, will try the vitamins! Also it was suggested to me by feed store to up the hens' protein, a recommendation I also saw today on an earlier thread here on the same topic of watery eggs. Worth a try; at least I can expect to see fairly immediate results if that's the problem. Will post a...
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    hens laying watery eggs

    Okay, now I'm thinking it's egg drop syndrome: paler eggshell pigmentation than in the past, shells that are on the thin side and feel like sandpaper, and we did find a few broken eggs in the nest box the past couple of weeks (also one with a tiny peck in the shell, which could have been caused...
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    hens laying watery eggs

    Michelle, the Australorp's eggs have been noticeably more pale in the past few months, so maybe that's a second symptom. Yikes, so what do I do with these birds now?
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    hens laying watery eggs

    Thanks for posting that information. I had worried about the possibility of infectious bronchitis but aside from the watery eggs, the hens really have not displayed any other signs. Their egg production hasn't dropped and mostly their eggs appear normal (and the irregularities I've noticed...
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    hens laying watery eggs

    I guess I'll have to rehome my watery egg layers too, sooner rather than later. I wasn't sure how I'd manage this unless I could be certain this wasn't due to an infection of some kind. (I hate to think of the two heading to a stewpot.) So it's reassuring to learn that your bird, Mahonri, has...
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    hens laying watery eggs

    Thanks, Michelle. I do leave oyster shell out for them and sometimes add their own ground-up eggshells back into their feed (currently In Seasons Farm 16% layer). Is there another source of calcium you'd recommend? I forgot to add that they free-roam my yard and garden for several hours a day.
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    hens laying watery eggs

    I have two hens, a Black Australorp and a Rhode Island Red, who are just over 2 years old and who have been laying very watery eggs for the past few months. They lay pretty regularly and the exterior of the eggs appear normal, although just this past week the Australorp's eggs have had slight...
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    4 week Ameraucana silver--male?

    Wow, thank you so much for your immediate replies and helpful links! We clicked on all the links (Corey we think is very, very cute and a softer-looking version of our Easter Egger). Good to know what he is and what he isn't!! While we are sorry to give up such a lively chicken so full of...
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    4 week Ameraucana silver--male?

    Hi, first post for us. We have a 4 week old Ameraucana, we think silver and we suspect male--and we're hoping that those of you in-the-know will be able to give us some feedback. She's bigger, a bit louder, and definitely more aggressive than our other two chicks of the same age (a Rhode...
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