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    Lumpy eggs

    One of my leghorns just started laying lumpy eggs about a week ago. The egg is white, poor lighting. I was wondering if she was getting too much calcium, I do give them free will oyster shells and was wondering if this could be the problem. I do let them free range during the day. I have...
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    Time to lay an egg?

    No not how old the girls have to be, all seven of my hens are laying. Just wondering how long after they go into the nesting box how long it will be before they lay their egg. I have checked on the girls with one or two of them in the box, I go back out a half an hour later and they are...
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    How do you track how old your eggs are?

    One co-worker says he writes the date on his eggs with a sharpie. I was wondering if any one used other ideas on how to know how old your eggs are. We currently have seven hens, six are laying and we almost always get six eggs a day, sometimes only five, but mostly six. It is just the wife and...
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    My Intro, my coop.

    This is the "coop" We started out with, an old dog kennel with a wooden box in it. Since we live in northern MN I knew we would need something better for our MN winters. We knew this going in, but needed the chickens to get me motivated for the build. . This is the outside to date, still...
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    Do Oyster shells go bad?

    Can oyster shells go bad like feed? How much would one expect to go use for seven hens?
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