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    Strange spot on egg

    I've noticed a few of these here and there. Is this normal??? It's seems to be IN the shell itself Other then that the egg is normal
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    Egg not normal comor

    My girls have been laying pretty consistent since October / November, I have 5 Easter eggers )4 lay blue/green and 1 lays an almost pink egg., 4 Rhode Island reds, 4 gold laced wyandottes and 1 silver laced, and 1 black sex link. When I collected the eggs today I noticed 1 egg was white. I...
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    Not sure what to think

    Ok a few weeks ago I posted that one of my RIR (who is about a year old Now) was "attacking" one of my EEs (little over 10 months old). My poor EE would run from her and her feathers are looking quite pitiful. Watching the RIR on occasion would look like she is stalking the EE and then...
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    Is this notmal

    I have 15 hens (of which 5 are EEs and 4 RIR) Just recently I've noticed one of my RIR basically stalking and attack in one of the EES. Neither of them Have been broody or sick or anything. Up till now (I've had them all together since last summer. My first batch is almost all a year old and...
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    Is this egg ok??

    Found this egg this morn in the yard One of my girls must have laid it last night before going in the house and we missed it. Is this normal to look like this? I It looks all "vieny" and rough. It does feel pretty smooth other then the bumps which look to me like protruding Viens. [/IMG]...
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    Chicken just sitting in nest

    I have an 8 month old Easter egger that to my knowledge is healthy, haven't noticed any problems with her until today. Ears and drinks normally but this afternoon my daughter brought it to my attention that she has been sitting in the nest for an unusual amount of time. I checked on her before...
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    What does everyone do with their cracked eggs??

    I've been noticing every so often I'll find an egg cracked. Not significantly cracked but enough. (Not from Being frozen either, just had our first real snow this weekend).but every so often I'll go gather eggs and one will have a crack in it while in the nest. I don't wash my eggs and...
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    Chickens eating less on layer feed???

    My girls are are about 8-6 months old. All are laying and all free range during the day. I just switched them (on Monday) from Grower/starter feed (wanted to use what I had before bought more) to layer feed. When they were on the grower I would fill their food bowl every day, sometimes...
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    Feather issue

    Anyone know why a chickens feathers would look like this???? I haven't noticed them any of the "fighting" other then a little peck here and there and this girl has been part of my flock since June (none of them are even a year old yet) and I NEVER had an issue with her. . I did notice one of...
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    Wood shaving.....

    I did a basic cleaning of my coop today and noticed after I put a fresh layer of soft wood shavings down (and fresh hay jn the nests). One of my almost 5month wyandottes was actually eating the shavings.....is this normal? I've never noticed them eating it before. She has plenty of food in...
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    Egg laying for first time

    Three of my girls are of egg laying age and are showing all the basic signs of being ready (comb and waffles are getting red, squat when you approach and pet them). My question is how do I know if they payed their first egg if they are not in their hen house?? (My girls free range through your...
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    Gender question.

    I have 8 1 month old chickens. (4 EE's and 4 gold laced wyandottes). I've started to notice some have much bigger tail feathers then the others. Being still new to chickens I'm not sure if this means some are males and some are females? I did mail order all of them and when ordered I did...
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    Feeding for 2 groups.

    Sorry if this has been asked and answered before. I'm. NEw to the site and new to chickens. I have two groups of chickens first group is about 2 months old, second group will be a month old tomorrow. I have the babies on chick starter feed now and the older guys on grower feed. I know at 18...
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    Need help with breed and Gender

    My daughter brought this chicken home from school at about 1 week old (don't worry it's not alone as I have gotten others to keep it company) It is about 9 weeks old now and I have no idea what breed it is. I THINK it's a female, but could be wrong as this this the first time we have raised...
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