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  1. Malpower

    Chronic weak egg problem (thin shells, or no shells). How to fix??

    Just to add what I hope is the end of the saga for Lucy....it's taken six months or more, two shots of Lupron back last June, a very mini-molt and continued calcium rich foods with additional calcium dribbled on greens, yogurt, cheese and so forth -- and Lucy has finally begun to lay again --...
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    Post your FIRST EGG pics!

    Quote: Thanks!
  3. Malpower

    Post your FIRST EGG pics!

    Quote: Thanks, Sharol -- your link didn't turn up on my Internet search earlier today -- I've now written to both sources to get price + shipping to US. Question: my eggs run from small to Jumbo, does anything other than small to medium work on the one you got?? Thanks!
  4. Malpower

    Post your FIRST EGG pics!

    Quote: I hadn't heard of skelters either, was most interested and have just tracked them down on eBay and then went to the UK website that is selling them at www.homefarmfowls.co.uk -- they come in different colors too. Neat!
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    Post your FIRST EGG pics!

    Quote: Congrats on your eggs! But I must protest, your Sophie is NOT ugly!! She looks much like my Muffs who lays the same pretty pale green eggs for me, too! I think they're both lovely girls!!! Not flashy, but sweet petites!! I love my little EE!
  6. Malpower

    Have You Used an Automatic Poultry Feeder?

    Quote: Thanks, Kathy! I saw that one when I was looking at the contraptions -- gee, it would be great if my girls could pick it up in just three days, but we shall see -- this is the one I have ordered!
  7. Malpower

    Food Storage???

    I use the big galvanized metal garbage cans to store my feed outside near the coop -- a 50# bag of laying crumbles just fits in one can and another can holds the smaller 10# bags of scratch, rooster mix, sunflower seed, DE, etc. Only an occasional bug gets in, but otherwise no problems. Did have...
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    Happy Hen treats.

    I've been buying a box of 500 to 1000 live meal worms at a time from the feed store -- they last quite a while and YEAH the hens sure like them, cost about $20 for 500 and $35 for 1000, so that's the best deal. I must admit though, I've been buying the Happy Hen Treats too. I found Meyer...
  9. Malpower

    Have You Used an Automatic Poultry Feeder?

    Has anyone used the automatic poultry feeder with the lid that opens when a chicken stands on the platform? The feeder is waterproof and can be filled with enough feed for a week or more -- the big selling point to me is that mice, rats, birds and other lighter-weight critters can't get the...
  10. Malpower

    My custom cartons!

    Hi! I like the new cartons a lot -- I tend to give away 6 eggs at a time and they're perfect, really sturdy and have held up really well. I open and close them a lot as I pop in new eggs -- only have 2 of 4 hens laying right now. I've used over and over again, both dozen and half dozen cartons...
  11. Malpower

    Chronic weak egg problem (thin shells, or no shells). How to fix??

    Mine have more or less decimated everything edible in the yard with their free ranging -- at least there are no nasty bugs to speak of either! It's great you can hang up your greens bunches -- with the darned squirrels and crows eating everything I leave out for the girls, I can't do that --...
  12. Malpower

    Chronic weak egg problem (thin shells, or no shells). How to fix??

    Yeah, my coop is pretty small too, just enough room for the four girls to line up on the roost, and three nesting boxes, but there's a small cage (foyer? with the little entry door) attached and that's where I have the hanging feeder and waterer -- gosh, I should send you my drip water...
  13. Malpower

    Chronic weak egg problem (thin shells, or no shells). How to fix??

    Quote: Hi Kay! Oh yes, I hope Ruby starts to molt like her sister Rosy. It looks like Lucy is slowly shedding those very old feathers and two of the other girls have started to follow suit -- one is holding on and she's nearly the only one laying -- another has an egg every few days. Since...
  14. Malpower

    Would a hawk rip the head completely off?

    SO sorry about your hen -- that's how I lost one of my first two 4-5 month old hens about a year and a half ago -- a Cooper's Hawk, her head was gone and I found him standing over her -- it looked like he had chased her from under some bushes where she was probably trying to hide back into a...
  15. Malpower

    HELP!! Anyone successfully dispatched all rats from their coop? HELP!!

    Just in past few days I have noticed big rats are coming out during the day and eating the hens' feed. They used to just come out at dusk after I'd locked the hens and their feeder in the coop for the night. Coop is pretty secure with a concrete block floor, so far no critters have managed to...
  16. Malpower

    Chronic weak egg problem (thin shells, or no shells). How to fix??

    Hi SLG! Yeah, it sounds like Chicken Noodle and Lucy-fer have much in common! Both red-headed terrorists! Lucy can be a real stinker at times but her 3 "sisters" wouldn't know what to do without her! I'm absolutely no authority on the shell-less eggs and calcium problem but am happy if some...
  17. Malpower

    Chronic weak egg problem (thin shells, or no shells). How to fix??

    Well, yeah, I think my Lucy was drinking a lot of water, more than usual -- she was mostly dropping her shell-less eggs from the roost at night so I would find them in the morning, but sounds similar. My hens drink a lot of water normally throughout the day and usually drink more before going in...
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    Chronic weak egg problem (thin shells, or no shells). How to fix??

    Hi Kay! NIce to hear from you! I stopped writing on this thread cuz I figured I was just talking to myself but have communicated privately with a couple of people about our ongoing "story"! I'm glad to hear that the calcium glub. is working to a degree with you -- sounds like your one girl is...
  19. Malpower

    Chronic weak egg problem (thin shells, or no shells). How to fix??

    I'm probably only talking to myself now, but in case feathersnuggles and others might still be following the shell-less egg story.......another bump in the road has turned up! Lucy has started to drop "ugly" eggs from the roost at night again -- starting yesterday with a mushy shell and...
  20. Malpower

    Dwarf Tapeworms

    Quote: Today I think they ARE grateful and feeling much better -- at least no more cold wings treatment towards me! Yes, you did mention Praziquantel to me a few posts back. And that of course is the quick fix injection for the tapeworms. Vet said he'd give me the Pyrantel pamoate for...
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