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    Eggshell covered in gritty material

    Contains clean pine shavings. This stuff on the egg is like fine sand and only on one hen's eggs.
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    Eggshell covered in gritty material

    A hen is laying eggs that have what feels like sand on the outside. A fresh laid egg can easy be wiped clean while an egg that has sat for a few hours is covered in hard material - it tends to be in clumps on the egg. It comes off with scrubbing. Only one hen does this. Problem or personal...
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    Hen is just "off"

    My EE is about 18 months old. Yesterday I noticed she was napping a lot. I have 7 other hens who were up and moving and this one just spent a lot of time sleeping. Today I caught her in the coop and she weighs next to nothing! Her feathers are nice, her vent is clean, eyes are clear, but she...
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    Diary of a Crossbeak: Support for Special Needs Chickens and their Keepers

    I have a chick who is 9 weeks old (approx) and I just noticed her cross beak issue *sigh* She claimed the food bowl as her own tonight, standing in the middle of it. I have 4 layers and 5 chicks right now. I also work FT. Can I just make a pan of mash and let them all at it?
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    White EE = roo?

    Having them outside and studying, the white is a female. She's hidden amongst the group.
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    White EE = roo?

    Oh please ease my mind that my very pale yellow/white EE is a hen and not a roo. I did a quick Google search and that color seems to be more common among the males. Eeek, I had one chick die already and I don't want to give away another...and this is the one my 4 yo daughter picked as hers!
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    Size difference

    Left to right - BR, BR, EE, and my HUGE EE. I worry the one to the right is a roo because it is feathering out the fastest and is the biggest.
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    Chickens in town, or Urban Farming

    Inside CL too. My property size allows up to 13 hens! I have 2 year old hens and 5 week old chicks right now. The neighbors have never commented...other than when the flock escaped last spring and went visiting *lol*
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    Size difference

    I have 3 EEs and 2 BR chicks this spring. The EEs seem huge. Supposedly they all hatched on 3/8. Are EEs just bigger or are these ones older - by a couple of days or a week? It isn't a major size difference but when you look at the group you can easily pick out the EEs because of size. Thanks!
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    Change in egg color

    One of my BOs is now laying white eggs. She's always laid brown eggs. What gives? Should I be worried? She is almost 11 months old. No change in feed.
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    My hens won't stay home

    The fence along the front of the yard is only 4 ft and we cannot make it taller. What can I do to discourage fence hopping? Every morning for the past week I've had to round them up from the neighbors and get them home. Today is the worst - they've gone over the fence 4 times at least...
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    BIG egg! *** UPDATE ANOTHER one today!!!!

    ANOTHER big egg today! I think she's buying steroids or something from the blue jays...
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    BIG egg! *** UPDATE ANOTHER one today!!!!

    I'm pregnant and planning a natural birth so that is very funny to me!
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    Do Different Breeds Start Laying at Different Times???

    My EE laid at 17 weeks and my BA laid at almost 25 weeks. The others fell in between. The EE is the youngest and the other four are the same age, go figure.
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    Whoa! A little psycho while laying?

    Great And she's named Diva...living up to that name.
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    BIG egg! *** UPDATE ANOTHER one today!!!!

    I was joking with a friend that if she keeps having these macrosomia "babies" that she will need a c-section.
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    Whoa! A little psycho while laying?

    ...left alone. If anyone or thing bothers her she fluffs herself up and makes this hissing cackling noise. Hubby refers to her as our velociraptor *lol* She reminds me of the lizards the have the collars around their necks that they unfurl in a defensive posture. The other hens don't make a...
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    "Tough" eggs?

    I've noticed there is a tough inner membrane to the eggs my hens lay. I crack the eggs and then feel like I should get a chisel. What is causing this? It seems to be all of them.
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    BIG egg! *** UPDATE ANOTHER one today!!!!

    Yep, the hen is fine. Never saw any unusual behavior from them today. Found the egg in the next box tonight.
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    BIG egg! *** UPDATE ANOTHER one today!!!!

    One of my BOs is an overachiever tonight. She laid a 2.5 oz egg! I weighed a large store egg for comparison - it came in just shy of 2 ozs.
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