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    Extra egg membrane on the outside of the hardshell egg

    We've had chickens for about 7 years and this is the first time I've seen an egg membrane encasing a hardshell egg! It's crazy weird. It came from our 1 year old Salmon Faverolle. Is this just a quirk in the egg laying system for the day or is it something more serious that we need to look into?
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    Feather Loss

    Hi, I have 7 chickens all just over 1 yr old. The last two months 5 of them have had significant feather loss on their chests. I've looked for mites/lice on them several times, both during day light hours and night time but have never seen any bugs on them. We did treat them with Poultry...
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    Barren Chicken?

    My question is, how long do you wait before you consider your chicken barren? We have an Asian Blue chicken that is almost a year old and she still hasn't laid any eggs for us. She's "nested" since she was about 6 months old but never leaves an egg. Normally our chickens free range but we...
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    Chickens not laying eggs yet, what to feed them

    We have 7 chickens, all about 27 weeks old and only two are laying. We have 2 asian blues, 2 rhode island reds, 2 easter eggers and 1 rainbow dixie. I know i have to be patient, which is killing me, seems like they'll never lay, but my question is what should I be feeding them. Or does it...
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    Feather Loss (Not moulting)

    Hi! We're new to chicken raising and currently have 8 chickens that are about 8 weeks old. We have 2 Americanas, 2 Asian Blues, 2 Rhoad Island Reds & 2 Dixie Rainbows. We noticed feather loss about 3 weeks ago while they were still in the brooder box inside our house. I thought that maybe...
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