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    First egg or getting sick?

    Three weeks of worry has finally resulted in an egg! She was acting beyond crazy today while I cleaned the coop. Then the smallest little white egg came out about 2 hours later.
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    First egg or getting sick?

    Well she still has not laid. She is still eating and drinking fine. She is still active but once a day goes and hides like she is laying an egg. She has even done a little egg song afterward but never an egg. If something is wrong with her at least she will live out a good life. Even if I never...
  3. Ruby - Red Star from Murray McMurray Hatchery. She laid her first egg about an hour before at 21 weeks old.

    Ruby - Red Star from Murray McMurray Hatchery. She laid her first egg about an hour before at 21 weeks old.

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    First egg or getting sick?

    No I have not seen any worms at all. I wormed the girls a few weeks ago before they would start laying. I've noticed watery before but nothing that looked like I cracked an egg with no yolk. All the other girls look normal. After this one it was normal again and she stopped acting like she was...
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    Post your FIRST EGG pics!

    Wow. That's amazing! The egg was 40 g so still considered small. I'm guessing it must have been the first or the first one I will ever find. I had it for breakfast and it was yummy!
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    First egg or getting sick?

    This afternoon I noticed something very different in Cluckey. I had the three girls stay in the run with coop access until 2:00 pm. After running out of the door like a heard of bulls she started acting strange. She displayed all the behaviors I've read about but never laid an egg. Then she...
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    Post your FIRST EGG pics!

    I came home from nursing school to find this in the nest box. The egg on the right is the decoy store bought egg with its contents removed. I'm guessing this egg (left) is from Ruby (my only brown egg layer -Red Star) who is 21 weeks old today. The biggest question I have right now.... Is this...
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    First egg or getting sick?

    Could fighting over the top spot in the pecking order delay eggs? I noticed Cluckey and Evo going at it the other night. Evo has been in charge and it seems Cluckey is trying to take over. She didn't even win the coup so she was being punished. Yet today I found an egg and I'm assuming it's...
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    First egg or getting sick?

    Would I be able to mix some 22% meatbird feed into the layer feed to add some extra protein? I have about half a bag left over. I could start small and gradually increase it until it's half & half. She is not acting normal today but still eating, drinking, and flying around. I guess I...
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    First egg or getting sick?

    Thanks so much for the information on looking for the comb and wattles becoming pale. I've not read that before. Just trying to learn so I can care for my little girls.
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    First egg or getting sick?

    I followed the Nutrena website feeding guidelines. Was this wrong to change them before laying? I do have oyster shell available for them. I'm just really hope she is not getting sick. Should I look for anything else for sickness versus laying an egg?
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    First egg or getting sick?

    My three little girls are all 20 weeks old. They switched to layer feed after 17 weeks. No eggs yet but one has me worried. I've raised them from chicks and they have always been handled. Ok they are total rotten if truth be known. Cluckey, a Blue Andalusian, has been acting very weird the...
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    Cuckoo Maran? Rooster or hen?

    It was indeed a rooster. He became a beautiful boy. Thankfully a friend took him in and he has plenty of ladies.
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    When do I switch from chick grit to normal grit?

    Thank you for sharing this information!
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