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    Bone Meal as a calcium substitute

    Hi All, Just noticed that I got a 2 year anniversary trophy and am happy to report my flock of 4 are still happy and roaming here in my Cape Town backyard. Before I get to my question about calcium in the feed, I just want to share a story about my littlest chicken whom I've post about before...
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    2 year old hen crowing like a rooster!

    I have a 2 year old hen that has started crowing. She's always been a noisy squawker, even thought she's the smallest one in my flock of 4. But she's full on crowing like a rooster now. She's not doing it at 5am and it seems to be to get my attention, but it's still very annoying and I can't...
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    My hen strains to lay her egg lately

    I tried posting yesterday and would surely appreciate some help. First, I'd like to state that my hen is not egg bound from what I've read. She is laying beautiful, perfect eggs near daily. The problem is that lately (not always) she strains to lay. It takes her several hours on the nest and she...
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    Chicken struggles to lay

    I have a young Boschvelder who has been laying for a month or so. She's smaller than her sisters but has been laying nicely. In the last week two or three times, she's been struggling to lay but isn't egg bound. Her eggs are getting bigger and she does lay after a couple of hours but really...
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    What is the deal with my picky chickens?

    Does anyone else have this problem? They are 22 weeks old and so picky! My chickens do not eat table scraps unless it's meat. One day I'll feed them raw oats and they love it and the next they won't even look at them. Today I tried to feed them snails because in the past they literally fought...
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    New to chickens

    Hi all, I'm new here (and to sharing my home with chickens) and have found lots of great answers to my ever increasing questions! We live in South Africa have 4 Boschveld chickens that are now about 20 weeks old. They were a Christmas present from my husband and we are absolutely in love with...
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