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    Fibrous Yolk Weirdness

    Here's an egg my wife cracked this morning. The yolk came out just like this, all fiber-y and shapeless. Any ideas? Is it safe to eat? We have 17 birds of many varities, no rooster. Half the birds are one year old, half are almost two. The egg was light brown and on the small side. We've...
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    Older birds with chicks - what to feed?

    I've put 12 six week old birds in with my 8 one-year old hens. I put them in a second coop and run adjacent to the first, then two weeks later removed the fence between them, allowing free access across both coops and runs (and both feeders and waterers). This plan has worked marvelously to...
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    Photo of our dead chicken! What was it?

    Our coop opens to a 30x20 run enclosed by a 4' fence. The coop door was accidentally left open last night, and we didn't check on them until this evening, when we discovered what's shown in the photo. The entire bird is still there - beak, head, legs and wings, etc. No blood at all and almost...
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    Dead chicken with a wet head? Three theories...

    I've never needed to post here before because there's always answers buried in the forums already, but the answer to this one isn't in here... Today was the third day our new (and our first ever) flock was in their coop and one has died. The death occurred in the afternoon and I found the hen...
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