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    HELP! Yellowish liquid in nest box, usually accompanied with soft-shelled egg

    Thank you for your response, Lady of McCamley! It's quite late and dark here in California now but i'll try to take some pics tomorrow if this still persists. She have laid some normal eggs before but most of the time they are still soft-shelled. I didn't notice that she was walking upright...
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    HELP! Yellowish liquid in nest box, usually accompanied with soft-shelled egg

    Hi everyone, I have a New Hampshire Red that just started laying about 2 eggs ago. But she has been laying mostly soft-shelled eggs, we tried up provide oyster shell and laying feed (contains oyster shell as well) but she still sometimes lay soft-shelled eggs. From what I gathered, new laying...
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    READY FOR BIG DAY! Can I use pine pellets in my nesting box?

    Thank you everyone! This has been huge help! I will use hay or straws then, but probably try the pine pellet on one of the boxes. Looking forward to the first egg!!
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    READY FOR BIG DAY! Can I use pine pellets in my nesting box?

    My hens are finally about to lay. The Australorp has bright red comb and waddle and has grown in size in the past week. Therefore I need to prepare my nesting box for the big day. I have some pine pellets left over that I used as bedding materials for my brooder, I was wondering whether I can...
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    Not Sure If You've Got A Pullet Or A Cockerel? Click Here!

    Hi, I got a white leghorn that is about 4 weeks old, can you please help me to identify the gender? It starts to develop comb already but my other chicks haven't, therefore i'm a bit concern. Thank you!!!
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    HELP! New to chicks - White Leghorn - hen or rooster???!

    Hi everyone, I am new to this community and just started raising my own baby chicks 3 weeks ago. While my wife and I are excited with this new endeavor, I suspect one of my baby chicks (a white leghorn) is a rooster as he/she is already developing a comb. I read on this forum that it is...
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    HELP! New to chicks - White leghorn - Hen or Rooster?

    Hi everyone, I am new to this community and just started raising my own baby chicks 3 weeks ago. While my wife and I are excited with this new endeavor, I suspect one of my baby chicks (a white leghorn) is a rooster as he/she is already developing a comb. I read on this forum that it is...
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