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Thank you chicken canoe. Now that you mention it, my hens were in my garage since I got them so young and the weather was too cold for mounted feathers. When they moved outside it was sunlight overload! Very happy obviously, but it was a lot of sun. I may shut her light down to 8 hours and...

Thank you all. My hens do have an extra pan of crushed oyster shells. I don't want to mix it in their feed due to having them accidentally eat too much calcium. I read they will eat the calcium if needed. I think she may just be too new and she is regulating. Time will tell. Some hens are...

They eat layer pellets and some scratch. Leftover at night but usually just some Quaker oaks and some cornflakes. That is only a little and one time a day. They are about 6 months old. Only one is laying though. The other will soon. All signs pointing to it.

Hello! I have an EE that started laying perfect eggs about a month ago. Her first egg was a double yolk. She laid one egg a day for five days. One day she laid an egg in the morning later in the afternoon there were 2 eggs with no shells in the pen. Wasn't worried because I know she is a...

Thanks for all of the assistance. my girl died overnight very peacefully. She fought a good fight. I did have a vet appointment tonight but I knew it would be too late. I really wanted to go for a learning process. Good news in all of this at least I know of a local vet who will see a...

Thanks for all of the replies. On Friday morning she was up but no weight on the left leg. I picked her up and there was no fight. She hopped into the coop and laid down. No outward signs of injury on the leg or foot. I figured she just hurt it and needed rest. When I came home on Friday...

Thanks. I have seen all of the other possibilities as well. I hope to get her into a vet this week for some blood work if possible. There is absolutely no improvement in 2 full days. Will keep searching and hopefully come up with some ideas.

Found this site and then was recommended this site on several occasions. MUST be good! I am new to raising chickens and I currently have 2 Americanus, 1 Black Sexlink, and one Barred rock. Only since January so I am really new! Will be searching through some of the many posts. My sexlink went...