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    Soft shelled egg

    I have an Easter egger who consistently lays soft shell eggs. She is a great layer and consistently lays eggs, but they are always soft shelled. Sometimes the shell is so soft the shell crumbles when I pick it up, sometimes its rubbery, but most of the time it breaks in the egg box right after...
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    Help!! What is inside this soft shelled egg?

    My hen is 3 years old and was very obviously not feeling well this morning. I didn’t think she was going to make it. Later in the morning she was just fine. Eating. Drinking. Running around the yard. I got home from work and found a soft shell egg that I’m assuming was from her. I have...
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    Hens pecking rooster

    I have 23 hens and 1 rooster. They are in a 10 x 12 pen and have at least double that for a run. They go out in the run daily and are out there for the majority of the day. My rooster is getting pecked terribly by the hens. His comb is often bleeding and they have pecked off several of his...
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    Rooster?

    This “hen” is almost 4 weeks old. She has a more prominent comb and waddles than the others. I’m thinking she may be a rooster. Thoughts??
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    Neck feather loss

    I have a strange question. One of my hens went broody in the early spring. In her crazed state, she rubbed all her neck feathers off on the nesting boxes. It is now fall and she has not grown her feathers back. She will get little pin feathers all over her neck but I think the other hens peck...
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    Loss of feathers

    My girls are just a year old and are loosing a significant amount of feathers. Most feather loss is in the neck area under the chin. This girl lost her wing feathers months ago. I think she is rubbing against something but can’t figure out what. This am it was larger and it looks like it is...
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    Lethargic Chicken

    I have a buff Orpington who is 3yo. The last few days she just sits in the barn, doesn't go outside with the other chickens, eats VERY little. She moves around in the barn, but I usually find her in one of two spots where she is just sitting. She flew up on the perch (about 2 feet high) to go...
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    Dog attack

    I had my hens free ranging about 10 days ago when a couple of stray dogs came into the yard and attacked them. My one hen got it the worst. How she survived, is a miracle. She is doing great. One puncture wound on her back from an incisor and lots of lost feathers, but she looks great. I’ve...
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    Giving a Broody Hen Chicks

    I have a hen that goes broody several times each spring. She is broody now. I've heard that I could buy some chicks and place them under her. I don't know all the details of doing this, but could someone help me with how I go about this: What do I feed the chicks?? Will the flock accept the...
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    Compost

    I’ve been hearing about putting a compost pile in a chicken run and love the idea of it. I have the perfect spot in my run right now. How would I get started making a compost pile and would I need to be careful of what I put in it, for example would I put egg shells in it or what types of...
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    Bloody chicken

    Can someone help?? My chickens seem to have their butts “burst”. This happened to two of my chickens last year at this time too. I thought it was from not having enough protein in their diets. I have been heavy on the protein this winter and I’m feeding a high protein food. This chicken...
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    Wheezing Chicken

    I have an approximately 18 week old Easter Egger that is wheezing with every breath she takes. She looks normal and is acting normal. I let them out of the coop this morning around 6:30 and she was fine. My kids went out around 11:30 this am and noticed this. The wheezing is quite loud. She...
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    putting two flocks together

    So we have a very complex setup for our birds. We have an overnight pen where they can be locked in safely from predators and a moveable day pen where we move them around the yard to get fresh grass bugs etc. We have two sets of each of these pens. One pen has 6 of my year old hens in it and...
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    Swollen eye

    My daughter found our hens eye quite swollen this am. She is moving around fine and is blinking. She is obviously seeing out of it. I think she may have scratched it on something last night. Should I do anything with it or just let it heal on it’s own??
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    Mystery egg

    We went out to gather the eggs today and we found this. I’m thinking it’s a Lash Egg. Thoughts?? It is melting as time is passing.
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    Bloody chicken

    I went to lock my chickens in their coop tonight and I found my girl in the nesting box. When I pulled her out this is what I found. I’m not sure what happened or what to do.
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