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    oyster shell

    I recently started getting quite a few thin shelled eggs from my 3 white leghorns. I have introduced oyster shell free choice but they don't seem to be taking much at all. How long should it take for the extra calcium to harden the shells?. I read conflicting opinions on mixing the shell into...
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    Sick leghorn

    Need some medical advice. Have 5 white Leghorns that have been thriving and laying well. Found one girl lethargic yesterday. Comb dull, Explosive diarrhea. Don't want it to spread. They get apple cider vinegar in their water & yogurt weekly. What's going on and how do I treat? Already lost one...
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    Down to our last hen

    Started last summer with 4 Black Stars. Took them 6 months to start laying. Lost 1 when she strangled herself in a tight spot between the coop and the wall. Then 1 got a respiratory disease. Found her gasping for breath one day, she was dead the next, The 2 remaining hens thrived for a few...
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    Yipee !!!

    Rookie question. After a very long wait (6-7 months), my Black Star hens finally laid their first eggs today. However, instead of using the spiffy nesting boxes, lined with pine shavings, they laid them in the sand out in their run. Is there any way to get them to lay in the boxes, which have...
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    After the Goldrush Farm

    After 24 years on 5 acres in central Florida, we finally have time for a hobby farm. After the Goldrush is the title of an old Neil Young tune ( " we got Mother Nature on the run" ). Started with goats to help with the mowing. Now, we have acquired 4 Black Star hens, Oprah, Whoopi, Whitney &...
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