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    wintering hens

    I have 6 hens and all doing well, but this is my 1st season keeping chickens and with winter approaching was wondering if anyone has any tips on keeping the girls happy through the winter. I live in Suffolk England
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    New layer questions...

    I had a few soft shell eggs too. In just a few days this stopped happening and I now have all good hard shelled eggs every day
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    New layer questions...

    I had a few eggs in odd places at first but now everyone is in the nesting box every day. They soon get the hang of it so don't worry
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    question about those first little eggs

    I collect my eggs almost as soon as they are laid so please explain how 2 days I have had 4 good full sized eggs from 3 hens? I know it sounds imposible but it has happened twice now
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    soft shell eggs

    Just a quick update........I am now getting 3 good shelled eggs from my 3 hens every day. Things are going so well we are thinking about getting 3 more girls. Question......any tips about introducing new birds to my already happy chickens?
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    soft shell eggs

    that is encouraging.......thank you. 2 hens lay in the nesting box fine and the 3rd hen I think is slightly younger so my guess is it is her getting alittle mixed up. Just now I looked in on them and the 'problem' one was in nesting box with another hen and although she didn't lay the other one...
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    soft shell eggs

    Update.......Yesterday my girls laid 2 nice healthy eggs in the nesting box But this morning 1 of my girls laid another soft shelled egg on the roosting shelf over night Does anyone know 1) why she is doing this in the night? 2) why she is doing this on the...
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    soft shell eggs

    Thank you.........
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    soft shell eggs

    yes I am.........
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    soft shell eggs

    Thank you but they have oyster shell as well as grit.........
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    soft shell eggs

    Hi I am new to keeping hens, I have had 3 point of lay hens for about 2 weeks. They have started to lay small eggs which I believe is normal to start with. Today I found 3 soft shelled eggs on the shelf where they sleep and not in the nesting box as before. I also found 1 egg in the nesting box...
  12. tetley2003

    soft shelled eggs

    Hi I am new to keeping hens, I have had 3 point of lay hens for about 2 weeks. They have started to lay small eggs which I believe is normal to start with. Today I found 3 soft shelled eggs on the shelf where they sleep and not in the nesting box as before. I also found 1 egg in the nesting box...
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