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    egg shell stuck!

    My ex-bat hen passed a shell-less egg earlier in her coop. Now she's trying to pass the soft shell but its stuck! There's a piece sticking out and she looks irritated and unhappy though she is walking around. Every now and then she tries to reach it with her beak (at least I think thats what...
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    Egg bound with soft shell - what should I do?

    Apologies if this has been posted previously but I'm a bit anxious! Hen is 2 years old ex-bat chicken, previously good layer but she has recently been laying soft shelled very large eggs. Today she has sat in the nest box very quietly for about 5 hours. She doesn't appear to be straining etc...
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    Run flooring - its wet in London!

    Hi We live in London, UK and its pretty wet and mild here. We have 4 hens in a 2x4 metre run. We still haven't hit on the perfect floor covering in their run though. The run has a rain shield on the roof but nothing on the sides so the flooring does get wet in heavy rain. We've tried...
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    Can't keep everyone happy

    Hello I'm new to BYC and fairly new to chicken keeping. I live in outer London in a rented suburban semi. Our garden is about 20 by 10 yards excluding a patio. We got our 4 ex-battery hens in November and since then they've had the following homes: 1. Coop with enclosed small run on a...
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