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  1. Capt. Toddy

    Running out of options

    Hi all My chickens have been very much off the lay of late; out of 4 hens I'm getting about 4 eggs per week. This has been going on for a while now and I'm after some suggestions as to what to do next. Some history and back ground info first though: I have three pure Australorps and 1...
  2. Capt. Toddy

    Weird eggs

    Hi all I have noticed a regular problem for about the last 4 weeks with one of my hens. She consistently lays an egg that's not an egg; she produces a little crinkled up soft ball that looks like it should have been the shell. More often than not there is no sign of any yolk or white in the...
  3. Capt. Toddy

    Supplementing with lime?

    My chickens get a ready supply of shell grit in the pen but as far as I can tell they eat very little of it. As a consequence their egg shells were very thin and broken eggs were a regular occurrence. To boost their calcium intake I began powdering shell grit with a sledgehammer and mixing it in...
  4. Capt. Toddy

    Aussie Intro

    Hi all I've been using the forum as a resource for a little while now but thought I'd join up rather than lurking in the background. My main reason for using the forum was because my chickens stopped providing me with eggs and I couldn't figure out why. The long and the short of it was that...
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