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    Paper-thin Shells

    My Black Laced Red Wyandotte has always been the beauty of the flock and not so much known for her laying compared to the other three girls ( a Barred Rock and two Easter Eggers) but nevertheless we've been able to count on 3 or 4 eggs a week from her when it's laying season or she is not on...
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    Shell-less egg?

    My girls are 2 years old (today actually! Happy Birthday Ladies!) There are four of them and all but one (my Gold-lace Wyandotte, "Pox") are laying. Today I was working in the yard and Pox came out of the henhouse singing the egg song so I went to check and there was egg yolk all over the eggs...
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    Sideways walk with hard moult

    I posted earlier about my chicken moulting and being abused by her flock mates and I got lots of helpful info but no one has commented on the fact that she has this weird sideways crouchy gaite. When she’s scared she runs like a normal chicken but when she is fairly comfortable in her...
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    Moulting with flockmate abuse?

    I’m new to chicken-keeping. My girls are about 20 months old. I have four. They’ve all been moulting for the past 4-6wks - kind of in succession (the first one started about 6 weeks ago and is now fully recovered) Peep was last one and she started this week. Yesterday she noticeably had a lot of...
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    Molting hen has been sleeping in the nesting box

    One of my girls (she's an Easter Egger and at the bottom of the pecking order) has been molting for the past 2-3 weeks. I think she might be on the 'upswing' now but for about the past week, she has been sleeping in a nesting box instead of on the roosts with the other girls. We've had some...
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    Has anyone tried "Waterglassing" to preserve eggs?

    I stumbled across a YouTube video today that demonstrates how to preserve fresh eggs by submerging them in a bath of water and hydrated lime. Apparently they keep this way for eight plus months. I found a couple of videos that talked about it and one where she actually came back 8 months later...
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    Anyone know anything about adopting factory farm hens....?

    I've been watching YouTube videos and have decided someday I'm definitely going to rescue factory hens, prob just a couple at a time, but def something I now feel compelled to do. Wondering if anyone has any experience with this or any info on how to go about it....
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    Need advice on moving my flock to a warmer climate

    Hello everyone! I need some advice. Currently I live in Northern California near the Pacific Coast. I have four hens that are 18 mos old. In about a year, sometime next summer, I am planning to move to Redding, CA which is about 130 miles east of here. It might not seem that far but the summer...
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    Tips on sources for cute cartons?

    I have way more eggs than we can use and I like to give the surplus away to friends and family and sometimes as gifts. Last year I bought 20 "cutsie" 1/2 dozen cartons on Amazon. With shipping I paid almost $30! But the supply lasted a year because most people returned them, but sometimes I give...
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    GLW hasn't laid an egg in over a week .....!

    I only have four chickens and I know what everyone's eggs look like. I haven't collected an egg from my gold-laced Wyandotte in over a week. I collect the eggs every night. They do get to free range a lot and there is a slight possibility that she's hiding them somewhere. But the last couple of...
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    Help! My dog keeps eating the chicken food

    I wasn't sure where the best place to post this would be but I'm wondering if anyone else has this problem. My dog loves chicken food (layers pellets and cracked corn) and he sneaks in their run and gobbles it up whenever he can. Recently he has been experiencing digestive issues and I'm...
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    Anyone else amazed at the benefits chickens bring to the garden...?

    I am a long time vegetable gardener, first year chicken- mama. I knew the girls would be good for the garden, it was a big factor in my decision to get chickens.... But now that I am out there this spring getting things ready, I am amaaaaazed at the difference my four sweet snickens (nickname...
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    Questions about molting

    This is my first year raising chickens. 2 EEs, a Barred Rock and a Gold Laced Wyandotte. I got them as chicks in March so they are about 9 mos old.They've all stopped laying for the Winter except the BR. We live in coastal Northern California. Their coop is a small prefab but they have a 15x25'...
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    Looking for insight on keeping chickens in an urban setting

    Currently I am 8 mos into my first chicken-keeping experience (well since I was a little kid, anyways) Things are going well. I have a huge backyard in a semi-rural setting. We've managed to make things work with a small, previously owned prefab coop in a 25' x 15' run. I have four sweet...
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    Gold Laced Wyandotte with three weird feathers

    We're new to this and our 6 month old Gold Laced Wyandotte has had this one feather hanging off her booty for like 5 days now. It's been driving my daughter and I crazy and she's kind of a sketchy girl, doesn't really like to be handled at all. So tonight, we distracted her with treats and my...
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    Curious about the statistics on rise of backyard flocks nationwide

    I feel like raising backyard chickens has become very popular in recent years. Not sure if it's just because I'm now doing it and my ears have just "perked up".... Curious to see if anyone knows the statistics. Links to articles and/or news stories would be great!
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    Is it harmful to confine a layer in a run who is accustomed to laying out in the yard?

    I'm new to chicken-raising. Got the girls as day old chicks five months ago and they are very much our spoiled little friends. Two have started laying, one was laying in the nesting box (Laya), one had a "secret" nest in the yard (Peep). If Peep doesn't get let out in a timely fashion, she seems...
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    New Layer Built Her Own Private Nest...I need advice

    So here's the scenario: I'm a single mom of four. These days it's my youngest daughter and me (the rest have flown the coop....I'm talking about human children, just to be clear). 5 months ago my 16 year old daughter, Zoey and I began this chicken project and it has been sooooo much fun and in...
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    Question about the egg song

    just wondering ... Is the egg song just a new layer thing? Or a lifelong practice? Two out of my four hens have just started laying. The first (an EE) sang the song a lot - before and after laying an egg. She has chilled out a bit and sometimes doesn't sing at all when she lays. My Barred Rock...
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    Question about offering a broody hen eggs to hatch

    My sister and I are both new to this chicken raising thing. One of my sister's three hens has been broody for the past couple of months. She is considering ordering some fertile eggs for her. Can anyone out there give us a lesson on how to go about this? We need a "Broody Hen 101" course!
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