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    Chickens Eating Eggs

    My RIRs are eatting a lot of eggs. What should i do ? Seems like a waste of money to feed them if im not getting eggs. Have 15 chikns and if i get lucky and get to the eggs before they do i get 4or5 a day some days 0. they have food scratch o shell and fresh water why do they eat eggs?
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    Chickens Eating Eggs

    I fond two of my rir eating a soft shell egg that one chicken has been laying whie on the roost. and now I found two eggs in the nest boxes with what looks like small holes pecked in them and part of one shell . What to do?
  3. Jim41

    One laying soft shell eggs while on the roost

    I have 15 RIR and am getting 9 eggs a day now. They are 19 weeks old. But I find an egg under the roost every morning with out a shell, this morning it looked like an regular egg but was soft. Does this mean she is getting better . Is there anything I can do ?
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    One laying while on roost.

    My girls started laying last week . Ive gotten six eggs so far, four from 2 nest boxes one from the run. But ive found two broken eggs under the roost. Will she start laying in a box on her own or is there something i can do to help? I have 15 RIR .18 weeks old
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    Bedding ?

    I thought about useing cedar shaveings in the coop and nest boxes. Is it ok to use ?
  6. Jim41

    best way to clean eggs

    Yeah! got my first egg today, and was wondering what the best way to clean them is?
  7. Jim41

    New to the site and enjoying it.

    I got 15 hens in april and having a ball. haven't had chickens since I was a kid. This site is great lots of info.
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