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    Broody and egg eater

    I've had this problem before. I found a broken egg yesterday evening. Found a chicken covered in yolk this morning so I removed her to another pen. There was quite a bit of running on the chickens part. I have a broody that's nesting in the corner of the coop. Will the stress of removing the...
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    Weather

    We had a good spell of weather and were getting 7 to 11 eggs daily from 11 hens. Sun was shining and eggs were dropping, the last week it has been colder and damp and wet and we are down to some days 4 eggs a day. Is the weather affection egg production?
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    Roof

    Does anyone have any experience with using corrugated plastic roof panels. I am thinking about using this on the main coop roof (8'x12') coop with a 4/12 gable roof.
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    Help with Coop

    I have just started building a new 8 X 12 coop. I have decided to sit my walls on pressure treated 4x4s and leave the floor open. I am going to use the deep litter method but I am worried about water getting into the coop and making the floor wet. Any suggestions or experience would be appreciated!!
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    Cracked Egg

    We have been getting a larger brown egg for a couple months now that is always thin on the very tip of the egg, whenever it drops from the hen it indents and cracks the top part of the egg. They all eat layer crumb mix with regular oyster shells.
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    Coop Dimensions and Design

    I am building a 10x12 coop to house 25 chickens. Does anyone have any pictures of inside a coop this size?
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    Soft Top

    Hey there, We have a younger hen laying nice looking eggs but the very tops of them are always thin and are usually dented or cracked from being laid. We feed a crumb ratio from our local country store as well as oyster shells. What could be causing the tops to be thinner than the rest?
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    Nesting Box Question

    We are getting ready to build a new coop and I am going to build a new set of roll away nesting boxes. I am wondering if there is preferable height for the boxes to be off the ground. We will have 22 layers, how many boxes should I make?
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    Coop Questions

    We live in eastern Canada so we have varying weather year round. Our summers are hot and humid and our winters are windy and cold. we see temperates in the summer in the 20s Celsius and can see -40 in the winter. I am building a new coop to accommodate our growing flock and I am wondering what...
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    Help with Chicks

    Hey there, I currently have 11 hens and 1 rooster in my flock and I am ordering 12 day old chicks tomorrow. How long do I need to wait until I mix them into my flock?
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    Hens Eating Eggs. Help!

    Hey there, I have noticed the last week that my hens are eating a few of their eggs. I have caught one particular hen a couple of times. I have tried putting soap in an eggshell and leaving it for them and they took one peck and wouldn't go near it. My flock get crushed up eggshells and oyster...
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    Yellow Albumen?

    Yesterday we took this from the COOP to the pan and it had a yellow albumen. Anyone have any idea what this means? Hens are healthy and lay nice, healthy eggs!
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