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    3 eggs in one day?

    I have a 5 month old RIR pullet who has been laying regularly for a few weeks now. Today, she layed 3 eggs! But none were really full eggs. First, I found a broken soft-shell egg inside the coop in the morning. Then, when I got home from work, I found a crushed egg under her in the nesting...
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    "Poultry Feed" vs. Chicken Feed

    A friend of ours gave us a 10lb bag of "poultry feed" as a gift recently, and I am not sure if and how to use it. There's not a lot of info on the bag, but it is labeled as a feed for all kinds of poultry including chickens, turkeys and ducks. (There is no nutrition information on the label...
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    Please help with pullet leg injury (pics)

    My 13-week-old Rhode Island Red pullet has been limping for a week. My first guess was rickets, but I am starting to doubt that diagnosis because the limp seems limited to one leg, and her beak and nails seem strong and healthy. What made me think it might be rickets initially is that she's...
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    Rookie run questions

    We are almost done building our first chicken run for our two Rhode Island Reds, and I have a couple of questions for the experts on the board: 1) Right now, the fenced-in run area has a dirt floor. Should we leave it all dirt, or cover it with mulch or hay? The chickens will be in the run all...
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    Rhode Island Reds - what gender?

    They are a little over 3 weeks old here Any guesses?
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