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    Eggs with soft shells

    Hi All, Our girls recently started laying - yay! Most eggs are normal, but some have soft shells. The last couple of days the pattern has been the same. I lock them in at night, no eggs anywhere, I open the coop in the morning, and I see one or two eggs with soft shells at the floor of the...
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    How to teach Ethel to use a nesting box and not the ivy when laying eggs???

    Hi All, Our girls recently started laying - yay! We have five hens and - as it turns out - one rooster. I built three nesting boxes, so clearly our hen to nest box ratio is fine (sorry, I'm an engineer...). One of the girls, Ethel, has gotten in the habit of jumping a fence and laying her eggs...
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    Young chickens vs. cats

    We are new to chickens. Our "babies" are six weeks old today - three Rhode Island Reds, and three Plymouth Rocks - and growing up fast! We keep them in the garage with a lamp. Soon, they'll move to their outside coop, where we intend to keep them for a few days to get used to their new...
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    Rhode Island Red - Cockerel or not?

    We are new to chickens. Our "babies" are six weeks old today - three Rhode Island Reds and three Plymouth Rocks. From the day we got them home (three days old - so cute!) one of the Rhode Island Reds clearly showed a more bossy and protective behavior than the rest. We named him/her Roosty, not...
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