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    What's up with this egg?

    We have one of our hens that started laying wrinkled eggs and they are sometimes a bit non-symetrical. Started when she resumed laying this spring. I haven't singled out the offending hen yet. We get several a week from her. They look fine inside although we usually feed these to our dog...
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    One of our hens is acting strange

    Our RIR hen has not been laying for about a month. She is about 2-1/2 years old. Prior to that, she was laying an occasional egg every few days about a month ago. These eggs were very thin shelled and often broke in the coop. We were considering culling her, but she is one of my wife's...
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    Low Egg Production-Thoughts?

    Our little flock has seriously dropped off on egg production. We have 5 hens. 2 year old R.I. Red, 2 year old Buff Orpington, 1-1/2 year old Americauna, 1 year old Ancona, 1 year old Ideal 236. Currently, the Americauna and Ideal 236 are giving us about 5 eggs per week each. We have not had...
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    Eye problem with several hens in our flock (pictures) Help Please!!!

    I noticed yesterday that our buff orpington was squinting her left eye. I didn't notice any apparent discharge. Today it was pretty much closed and I notice that our RIR and our Partridge Rock both had similar symptoms. The latter has a white discharge. We have a total of 6 hens in our...
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    Hi from Aloha, OR

    Hi everyone. There's a new flock in Aloha these days. We have picked up 6 girls. We had no idea how much fun they would be. I had chickens 40 years ago when I was a kid, but I don't remember them being this entertaining and with so much personality. They are great for my wife. Gini is...
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    Changes in egg production

    My wife and I are new to the backyard chicken game. We absolutely love it so far. We didn't know how much fun our girls would be. They are better than television. I have a question regarding egg production. Our 3 older girls started laying about 6 weeks ago. We were consistently getting...
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