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    Why Am I Getting More Eggs?

    So, this is year three of having hens for "the summer." We borrow them from a friend from April to November and then return them to the farm in the fall, but we've never had much luck getting eggs. Year one we had three hens and got few eggs. A couple dozen in all between June to October...
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    Bloody Poop?

    Hi there, I'm fairly new to chicken keeping and while the internet is a great place for information, sometimes I like "talking" to people who know more than I do, so I'm hoping you folks out there can help me... I've noticed some diarrhea lately, but it's been warm (mid to high 80s) and...
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    Lash Egg?

    Found this in the nest today and I'm wondering if it is a lash egg. It was like a shell-less egg with liquidy albumin inside the membrane along with the hard red stuff inside the thicker while membrane. The hen (an Isa Brown that is about a year old) came to us two months ago and has laid...
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    Two Shell-less Eggs From Same Hen in Under 24 hours

    I found a shell-less egg right under a hen this morning. She was still up on her roost, but when I opened the coop at 6:00 am, another hen was eagerly munching on the egg which was sitting on the floor of the coop. I brought it inside, washed it off, did a bit of research and discovered it was a...
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    Should I Panic?

    This morning my daughter accidentally knocked a piece of insulation down in the chicken coop. She didn't realize it could be a problem and she just left it on the floor of the coop... When I checked on them after work, I found numerous little bites taken out of it. Sigh. Should I panic? It...
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    Is this safe for my girls?

    I was given this Meijer brand wild bird "season blend" and I was wondering if it was safe for chickens? I wouldn't give them much each day - just a handful for a treat to scratch around for. (I am in Northern Michigan and I have four hens.) Thank you.
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    Chicken Keeping Failure

    So I've had my girls for a month now... Three: a BSL, a SLW and an Isa Brown. The BSL and SLW were actively laying at my friend's home (I'm borrowing them until fall) but the IB is a pullet. (Though her comb and wattle are beginning to redden...) So, they were laying and now they're not. To be...
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    Pulling Own Feathers?

    Hi. I'm new here and need some help... I have a BSL who appears to be pulling out her own feathers. I haven't actually seen her do it, but each morning, under her roosting spot, there is a pile of feathers. She's been treated for lice / mites and I've checked her skin and it does not look...
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    New-to-Me Hens: Need Advice

    So on Sunday we "borrowed" three hens for the summer. A BSL and Wyandotte were both actively laying before they made the trip to our house, but the Isa brown is a poult and isn't laying yet. They moved into our coop on Saturday night. On Monday morning I found an egg on the floor of the coop...
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    Another Newbie

    Hi All! This weekend we converted the kid's old playhouse into a chicken coop. It's fenced in and the kids now have three new friends: a silver laced wyandotte, a BSL and an isa brown (all hens.) We're "borrowing" them from a friend for the summer. The isa brown is a poult, while the other...
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