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    Giant eggs every time?

    Jumping in on your knowledge! Similar to @fuzzyfarmer we have an EE with super erratic laying behavior. Sometimes she drops a shell-less egg while she's sleeping, sometimes she lays small but healthy eggs, and other times is HUGE double yolk eggs. Also 6 months old. At what age more or less...
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    Strange Egg and Laying Location from Easter Egger

    Will do!
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    Strange Egg and Laying Location from Easter Egger

    This makes sense! Hopefully it doesn’t happen again.
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    Strange Egg and Laying Location from Easter Egger

    Thanks for the resource!
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    Strange Egg and Laying Location from Easter Egger

    Our 26 week old Easter Egger, Frida, started laying a few weeks ago. She’s laid a few normal, good looking eggs with strong shells, and did so in the nesting box. That said, twice now I’ve gone out to let our ladies out of the coop (they free run our backyard)… and I’ve been met with both a...
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    Laying Rhode Island Red Needs a Home (SoCal)!

    Time seems to have been helpful! She’s still pretty bratty but no one is hurt. Thanks for the advice.
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    Laying Rhode Island Red Needs a Home (SoCal)!

    Hi! Thanks for all this, very informative :). Our three 'chicks' are 24 weeks old and have been in the same space as Annie (the 4yo) since they were 15 weeks. They all run around our 1/4 acre backyard during the day and they've gotten good at escaping her, but in the morning in the coop, she...
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    Dark areas near comb

    That’s a good point - we’ll have to see what we can do about that. Fortunately it healed up quickly and hasn’t happened since.
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    Dark areas near comb

    I think that’s what it was! Healed up in no time - thank you for the insight!
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    Dark areas near comb

    Thank you for the advice! I think you were right :)
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    Laying Rhode Island Red Needs a Home (SoCal)!

    We have a ~4yo RIR named Annie who has been stressed ever since we brought three new chicks in to the fold. She was adopted from a neighbor who raised her with other hens her age - she’s healthy, always well taken care of, and she still lays beautiful large eggs almost everyday! We’re in...
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    Dark areas near comb

    Hi all! We have 4 ladies who roam our suburban backyard (about .25 acre) and roost in a modest coop at night. One is an adopted RIR (Annie) who is quite aggressive. The other three are 20 week old ‘chicks’ who we’ve had together since they were 3 days old. Much calmer temperaments. One of the...
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    Integrating Chicks in Free Range Environment

    Thank you 🙏🏽
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    Integrating Chicks in Free Range Environment

    Thanks for the advice! They've been in the look don't touch setup for about 5 days.
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    Integrating Chicks in Free Range Environment

    Hi All. We have an adopted 4yo RIR (Annie) who is currently in a coop with our three chicks (5wk old Buff Orp, Barred Rock, Easter Egger). So far, we've kept them in a see-but-don't-touch setup - the chicks are in a separate pet crate that's in the coop. We're ready to start integrating the...
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