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    Ended 12th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-Along—Cutest Baby Fowl Photo Contest—Win a Brinsea Incubator!

    Here's a couple new members of the flock.
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    26 weeks and NO eggs!

    My EE didn't start until she was 10 months!!
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    Chicken open and closes mouth

    I see this on really hot days. It's almost like they are panting.
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    Hen walking funny/slow, maybe eggbound? Pic.

    Thank you for your support. I'm sorry to say she died this afternoon. It's too bad, I was going to try and drain some of the fluid with my vet-tech friend tomorrow. She was the alpha of the flock.
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    Hen walking funny/slow, maybe eggbound? Pic.

    I think your first idea is correct, it makes sense. I remember seeing what looked like a piece of cooked yolk in the coop and wondering where it came from. Thanks for finding that information.
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    Hen walking funny/slow, maybe eggbound? Pic.

    One of my hens has started to walk funny. It seems like she can't help but stand up straight. She seems bottom heavy. Her abdomen is firmer than the rest of the hens and a little bigger. I checked to see if she was eggbound but didn't feel anything. About her: 2 years old. Laid wrinkled eggs...
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    How long until laying continues after molt?

    Thanks, that's helpful. I think its a defective shell gland.
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    How long until laying continues after molt?

    I have a white leghorn that molted last May. She stopped laying during the molt and has never started back up. In the past, she laid large wrinkled eggs. I'm thinking her machinery has stopped working altogether. I've seen her in the nest box, but she never lays. It was her first molt and the...
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    Sandy Deposits on EEs eggs *pics*

    My EE has the same thing on her eggs. Sometimes there's a lot, sometimes there's nothing. Seems to be genetic. Never affects the eggs though. I supplement with oyster shell.
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    Welsummer Question...

    Mine started squatting at about 8 months but didn't lay till after 10 months.
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    World's Largest Chicken Egg!

    http://fitperez.com/2011-03-10-worlds-largest-egg-discovered-on-arkansas-farm I don't know, I've seen some pretty big ones on here. Who's got bigger?
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    excess calcium on shells (**pics**)

    Well, I'm glad its happened somewhere else. Someone, somewhere must know something about it.
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