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    Secret hiding place (picture heavy)

    Thanks for sharing !!! Great pictures too. Loved it. I'd move her and the eggs...
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    The Broodies are Gearing Up!

    thank you!!! yes, i even asked my husband if we could buy her a boyfriend!! HAHAH maybe the fertile eggs would be a good idea
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    The Broodies are Gearing Up!

    Wondering ---if we don't have a Roo and my Cuckoo Marans hen is going broody (we have a flock of RIRs, Jersey Giants, Cochins (12 total) all Hens. --what do I do to get her to go UN-Broody! We've taken her out of the next the past couple days a couple times a day to make sure she is eating and...
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    egg... no shell **PICTURES ADDED** Found Another One!!

    One of mine laid a shell-less egg yesterday. The weirdest looking thing! My husband brought it in and it had a light colored outer coat, then I pulled it open inside the house and it was a regular egg inside, perfect yolk and everything. I think since they are newly laying (just started laying...
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    Newbie question: What is grit?

    Thank you! Yes, they have access to all sorts of things in the yard, didn't think of them picking up the stones they needed. They have the oyster shell ground into their dual purpose feed dish...so they should be great. Thank you for the info!
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    Newbie question: What is grit?

    I have been reading that my chickens (6 month old laying hens) need grit and the oyster shell/dual purpose feed. I give them the dual purpose every day and they also have a feeder full of high protein chick starter mixed with chicken scratch (corn/seeds, etc) Do they also need Grit? What is it...
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    How Many Eggs Did You Get Today?

    Six for six!!! All hens of laying age are laying. I am making quiche and other things like crazy! I'm so proud of them. This is my first time as a new chicken owner and I LOVE my hens...I loved them all even before they started the egg laying.... So much fun! Sun Valley Chicks (3 Rhode Island...
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    Large egg one day, grape sized egg the next?!?

    My Cuckoo Maran hen is 6 months old, has been laying for about a month now. She lays dark brown eggs. Yesterday the egg was tiny! Like a large grape! Today it was normal again. Could this be an egg from our Mille Fleur who hasn't started laying yet? Or do hens do this occasionally? Our other...
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