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  1. chriseagan

    Just performed impacted crop surgery - update post #54: caution!!

    That must have been the hardest first cut , I shake and worry just draining the sour crop.
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    Do chicken coops smell?

    Just a note on DE diatomaceous earth (food grade) Don't breath too much or it can give a person a allergy type reaction . But it's good for many things chicken based .
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    Do chicken coops smell?

    I use (DE) diatomaceous earth [food grade) dries up everything that would cause a stink . I clean my Coop and run bi-weekly and I avoid the stereotype smells that are associated with chicken raising. "A clean coop makes happy chickens and happy chickens make happy eggs"
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    Losing hope

    Have you checked for sour crop ? Just a thought , I had one girl who sort of acted the same as you described . I managed to nurse her back with some simple steps over a 2wk period .
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    Can you feed your Chickens Meat?

    I've seen my girls rip apart lizards, mice and rats and eat them like top sirloin with no problem , so I'd say a little cooked meat wouldn't hurt
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    How Many Eggs Did You Get Today?

    4/4 some days i get 3/4 Others 2/4 mostly 4/4 My girls need a break every now and then so i give it to them .
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    How Many Eggs Did You Get Today?

    1/4 yesterday , 4/4 today , That time of year i suppose , no complaints though.
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    the importance of deworming chickens

    This is just a question on the importance of deworming chickens I have 4 barred rock pullets around the age of 7+ months , I have never used a dewormer on them and was wondering if anyone could tell me if there is a more natural way compard to the chemical ways that is just as sufficient ...
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    How Many Eggs Did You Get Today?

    4 barred rocks , 4 eggs daily for 2 weeks straight. But is starting to heat up again so we'll see if the production dies down and the soft shells happen again
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    How Many Eggs Did You Get Today?

    My 4 barred rocks give me 4 a day , sometimes 3 but most of the time 4 . Funny thing today i got 4 eggs and this evening one dropped a softy on the patio , so I'll expect 3 tomorrw. They're only going on 7 months and the weather has been hot until today dropped from high 90s low 100s now to...
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    pullet laying soft eggs daily.

    I apologise for the reposts , still trying to get use to this byc blogg. I post and didnt see it so i assumed it didnt take ..
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    pullet laying soft eggs daily.

    The weather cooled and my problem layer laid a hard egg but the first it was deformed ,
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    pullet laying soft eggs daily.

    Baffling
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    pullet laying soft eggs daily.

    One day into the heat i found a soft shell in the run along with this tiny egg , thought it could be from multiple birds bit after work that day there were 3 eggs in the nesting boxes. Really small egg .like a dove egg but hard as a rock
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    pullet laying soft eggs daily.

    Update , as the temperature dropped the egg production betterd the pullet that was laying soft eggs managed to lay a hard shelled egg , but it was deformed "but hard" i had two solid days of laying 4 birds 3-4 eggs a day.
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    pullet laying soft eggs daily.

    Just an update , the weather cooled and i changed the type (brand) of oyster shell and low and behold my girl layed a hard egg , was a bit deformed but it was hard none the less. We're about to have another heat wave for a few days so i hope it doesn't mess up her cycle all over again.
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    pullet laying soft eggs daily.

    Well this morning when i was putting the frozen bottles that i use to keep the coop cool in the coop there was another soft shelled egg in the run and that was around 5:30 am, The temps here today dropped 10 degrees kind of a mild day . I'll see how they do this weekend the heat and humidity...
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    pullet laying soft eggs daily.

    I'm baffled im hoping it has something to do with the heat. I wont get rid of her though. Im to attached to all 4
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    pullet laying soft eggs daily.

    Hello this is my first go at backyard chickens and i have 4 barred rock pullets, 24-25 weeks , they have been laying for about 3 weeks but i have one girl who in the last two days has laid two soft shell eggs outside of the coop the first had a rubbery shell and the second had less shell . I...
  20. chriseagan

    My chickens are beggars!

    Don't feel bad , my 4 barred rocks will compete with my black lab to see who gets the first dropped crumb on the patio whenever we eat out back. Usually the birds beat out the dog 4 to 1 . If they are free ranging when we bring food out to the table they along with their buddy our dog gather...
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