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    Hen laying two shell-less eggs/day...how to fix???

    My red hen(born last June) did the same thing: double yoker jumbo eggs three days in a row, normal for her eggs a few days, 2 rubber eggs in the grape arbor area yesterday(may have missed one the day before-but was a shelled egg in the nest box from her as well-both days), 1 more rubber egg...
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    Coup temp?

    THANKS for my first post response!! Oregon where it will be in the 40's for lows this week(as was most of the winter). This winter i never put a head lamp in the big coup(didn't use the tractor coup with the hens. I have a heat lamp(100W bulb) in the outside tractor coup with chics. It is...
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    Coup temp?

    What temp should I keep available for my chics? Example: 1st week-90-100F and decreasing 5 degrees per week. How long do you keep decreasing temp. and to what degree? After all their feathers are in(5-8weeks) what temp? In the winter, what is a low temp for hens? This last winter we had in...
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