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  1. K

    Newbie to chickens

    So my mother-in-law decided to give my daughter some chickens for her birthday this past week. My mother-in-law raises chickens so no big deal normally, but unfortunately, she lives about 8 hours away in the middle of nowhere Michigan with no cell service and I missed the quick intro to chickens...
  2. A

    Sick hen! Doesn't look good, help!

    Hey guys, looking for help with a sick hen, all my hens are ex-batts and I've lost 4 out of 9 because of what ever this illness is . The first girl I found too late and she passed away overnight but the next 3 I tried my hardest but I eventually had to have the vet put them to sleep. All had the...
  3. Aryetheral Waalburgus

    Hen With Really Weak Feathers and Soft Eggs

    Hello! I have included many photos at the bottom. I have a two and one quarter year old Red Sex Link (named Ariana) who has always laid enormous hard-shelled eggs. In the last two months, however, she has laid continually worse eggs. In mid-April, she started every two days or so laying eggs...
  4. MamaHen1616

    Thin Eggshells

    Our eggs from our 3 chickens (just turned a year old!) have started seeming to have pretty thin shells. We do give them oyster shells for calcium in a small feeder that hooks onto the mesh of our run but we wonder if they've been actually eating them. Should we mix the oyster shells in with the...
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