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    My hen is breaking her eggs, any advice for me?

    Sometimes my gal will put a small dent in her eggs. A little crack, never breaking the membrane. This last week or so she has managed twice to completely smash her own egg, and once she crushed another hen's egg while laying hers. I think my next box is too small? it is 12"x12"x12". She fills it...
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    Uh oh. I just checked for eggs and had an unpleasant surprise. egg eating?

    This is my first little flock. Eleanor is the first to lay, she started on Monday. I went out today and three of my four were in the hen house. They all came out and I threw down some scratch to occupy them while I checked things out. It looks like she laid an egg that broke during the process...
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    How long and to what extent will chickens play at laying before actually laying?

    Greetings, I am a first time urban backyard chicken keeper. Raised my girls from one day old. They should be laying soon. I have two nest boxes ready for my four girls. They are all just over 19 weeks old, looking like proper young ladies. The nests are clean, bedded with pine shavings, and they...
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