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She is a mature hen, I think she's about 4 years old. We have another easter egger who is the same age (from the same group of eggs) who lay's perfect eggs every day.

Quote: could be, but that's one reason why I mix layer feed and os into some yogurt. They get corn about once or so a week.

I trust my neighbor, to some extent. The hens were hatched at their place, so she's known them since birth. However, she seemed to be a bit clueless on some things (like parasites. I asked if the hens had any issues and she said hens don't get parasites...). All I know is that she had 13 hens...

I'm a total newbie at keeping hens. We have 5 laying hens. I have no idea what breeds they are. We acquired them from our neighbors about 5 weeks ago. All but one lay daily. The eggs have a nice hard shell and great yokes. The hen in question (Elvira- she's brown, white and gray speckled, lays...