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  1. Chicken Amateur

    What to do with coop litter

    I have an 8x10 chicken coop for my chickens and I use wood shavings for litter, which is a lot of litter. I've heard that chicken poop makes good fertilizer and I'd like to add it to the compost pile but I just can't imagine putting all that litter in with the compost. I think, especially where...
  2. Chicken Amateur

    Crusty feathers on chest

    We have a black Australorpe chicken that gets what looks like crusty or muddy feathers on her chest. My daughter gave her a bath and washed it away a couple weeks ago but now it's back again. We're new to raising chickens so we're unsure what to look for. We've looked down by the base of the...
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    Laying shell-less eggs AFTER roosting for the night

    We went out to check on our chickens tonight after they had all roosted and we found 3 shell-less eggs under their roosts. Is this normal? I know soft shelled eggs are normal but why would they lay them while roosting? Two of the eggs broke when they hit the litter but the third one was still...
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