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    Dramatic decline in egg production, due to stress, parasites, or both???

    We are chicken newbies. We have 15 Cuckoo Marans (hatchery), they are only 30 weeks old and have been laying for about 10 weeks. First a little background: About 2-weeks ago we had several days of really bad storms. Lots of rain, thunder and even some hail. The girls are under a pole...
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    Someone in our flock is laying very large eggs. Should we be worried??

    Someone in our flock of (15) Cuckoo Marans hens (all 28 weeks old, been laying ~8 weeks) is laying incredibly large eggs. Should we be worried?? Is there any way to discourage it? The first was 136g (Tuesday), then 140g (Friday) and today 147g (Monday). At this rate I am afraid they will...
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    Automatic Coop Door, DIY w/ Pics & Ckt Diagram

    I have had my solar powered, linear actuator automatic coop door, with a chicken night light in operation for a month now and it is working great. All the credit of the design goes to Wick and his Heavy Duty Solar Powered Automatic Chicken Coop Door. It is a great well documented design. I...
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    One of our hens laid an incredibly large 136gram egg.

    This is our first experience raising chickens. We have 15 Cuckoo Marans, they are 28 weeks old and have been laying for about 8 weeks. Today my mother in law found something totally unexpected an incredibly large egg. It weighs 136 grams!! It is so large that I am worried about the...
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