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    Weird hole in egg shell?? (Pics)

    HI. Can anyone tell me what causes this abnormal hole in the egg shell. The inner membrane is not broken and the yolk/white are ok. On the outer edge of the hole there's a raised calcification. Just curious, I get one egg like this each month. THANK YOU!
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    Large Tapeworm In Chicken, Do I Need To Worm Remaining Birds?

    HI, Yesterday I butchered seven of our 21 week old red stars and inside one of them I found a large tape worm. It was a half inch in diameter, white, about five inches long and took the entire size and shape of the intestine. I've never seen a tapeworm inside a bird, trying to give the...
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    Hens continue to lay eggs from roost; what can we do??

    HI, My girlfriend and I have 26 red stars that will be 18 weeks old monday. They started laying two weeks ago and we are getting 10 to 14 eggs a day, which is great. The problem is that we have two to three additional eggs daily that are being laid from their roosts. Most of these eggs...
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    We got our first egg yesterday!!!

    Hi, My girlfriend and I have 26 red stars that with be 16 weeks old tomorrow. Yesterday afternoon we got our first egg! This afternoon about the same time we got our second one. This one was about twice the size. The first was laid in a nest box, the second on the coop floor, other end...
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    16wk old pullets acting weird! Is this a sign that eggs are coming??

    Hi, My girlfriend and I decided to try raising chickens this year. We have 26 red stars. They are 16weeks old on monday. They've been alot fun. Our concern is that about three days ago they started acting weird, I know chickens tend to do weird things. When we reach to pet them or pick...
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    At what age do we install nest boxes in coop??

    Hi, My girlfriend and I are new to raising chickens. We have 26 red stars/red sex links, unsure of the breed, that are 14 weeks old. We were told they start laying at 20-22 weeks. When should we put the nest boxes in the coop and how high off the floor should they be? THANK YOU
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    Any idea what breed this is???

    Hi, My girlfriend and I are raising chickens for the first time. It's been really interesting. We are trying to figure out what breed or cross we have. They came from Sunnyside Inc in Beaver Dam, WI. The birds are only listed as "Dual Purpose Brown". We have 26 of them and they're 14...
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    What material to cover bottom of run stone, traffic bond, sand mix??

    Hi, we just finished building our 16 x 16 run. The bottom is lined with 2" x 6"s. I was wondering what material to use to cover the bottom of the run. I have heard sand, stone, gravel, ect. I am interested in using traffic bond, which is crushed lime-stone mixed with fine powder for...
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    Lime-stone screenings ok for run?

    Hi, I'm building my first run and need to know if lime-stone screenings are ok for the base. The screenings are the left overs from the size sorting process of the stone. Many people add this for added calcium. Will this be too hard on the feet though for a base?
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    "Sneezing", should I be concerned?

    Hello, My girlfriend and I have 26, 2 week old RiR. During the last three, four days a hand full of chicks have been sneezing periodicly. The ones sneezing are running around like teenage dare devils as the rest of them are. They don't appear to be sickly and have no drainage...
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    Is my brooder large enough to hold chicks to 4-5 weeks?

    Hello, first time raising chicks. My girlfriend and I have 26, 2 week old chicks. They are all healthy so far and starting to act like teenager dare devils. They're the hatchery's strain of RIR. I'm unsure if our brooder is large enough to hold them to 4-5 weeks of age. The brooder is...
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