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So, after a predator-filled winter I only have 4 EE hens laying right now. They are all reliable layers EXCEPT about once a week one of my girls lays either a double yolker (yippee!!) OR TWO SUPER-SOFT-SHELLED EGGS. Sometimes she gets both of them in the nest, but sometimes I think the 2nd one...

I hadn't ordered from a hatchery before, and I was expecting the worst. BUT, the chickies are here (15 ee pullets, 10 wellsummer pullets and 2 welsummer cockerels that I ordered, plus an extra ee) and very active and healthy-- don't seem stressed at all! Everybody seems to be eating/ drinking/...

I've been lurking for a while, guess its time to jump in! I have a way too tiny flock of spoiled-rotten-pet EEs now, but have some more chicks coming in March (and some turkey poults due in May-- yippee!!). I am fairly new to chickens (although hubby has had 'em around his whole life-- so nice...

I've been lurking for a while, guess its time to jump in! I have a way too tiny flock of EEs now, but have some more chicks coming in March (and some turkey poults due in May-- yippee!!). I am fairly new to chickens (although hubby has had 'em around his whole life-- so nice to have an "expert"...