Anyone Else with Low Egg Production?
I have 3 hens, 2 English Orps, and a Minorca. The Minorca was my best layer, averaging 5-6 per week. She started her 1st molt (she's about 15 mos.) about a month ago and stopped laying altogether. The...
View ArticlePolish Hen Stopped Laying
Hi all. I have a young Polish hen (Phyllis Diller) that started laying early, then all of a sudden just stopped. Based on my research, Polish hens typically begin laying somewhere between 20 and 22...
View ArticleRooster walking with tail down in the rain?
Hello! It was raining on and off all day where I live a couple days ago and it started when my chickens were free ranging so they got caught in it and ran for the coop. While they were running around...
View ArticleIntense restlessness before first egg?
My Black Australorps are officially 6 months-old, and one (Pepper) has been squatting for over 2 weeks. For the last several days, Pepper has been frantically pacing the pen and going in and out of the...
View ArticleI'm baffled
I had 5 chickens. Averaged 4 eggs a day. In july my head chicken Bubbles died. Only 1 1/2 years old ( all my chickens are same age). Since then only one chicken is laying? No change in feed, checked...
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traumatized and depressed chicken, help!
just last night all but one of my flock of 9 died, the remaining chicken isn't moving, sleeping or talking! We are working on getting more chickens for her but without a flock I am afraid she will give...
View ArticleFlock hasn't laid in 6 months
Hi - I'm stumped and hoping you smart people can help. I'm a first-time chicken owner. I live in rural place. 4 hens and a rooster roam the big open yard area. They're all 2.5 years old. About 6 months...
View ArticleEgg color
Would these be considered olive eggs? Obviously one is brown for a contrast hah
View ArticleBloody Egg & Embryo
Hi! I am new to chickens and have 17 hens and 1 rooster (born in March). I’ve noticed several bloody eggs (in the egg once it’s cracked to cook - and least a tablespoon of blood, not just a small blood...
View ArticleHow many eggs were laid by hens 150 years ago?
This is asserted in a book published in 1873: "Hens of the better laying breeds, properly managed, should lay about 150 eggs per annum. Individuals will do much more than this, and have been known to...
View ArticleWhy is she walking like this?
Two months ago I asked about my 2.5-year-old RIR because she was walking a little funny, slouching with each step. I got some advice to give her calcium and she seemed fine the next day. They all just...
View ArticleMolting at 8 months?
Does this look like early molt or something more serious? A couple of my 8 month old girls stopped laying about a month ago. Now their combs and wattles are getting smaller and lighter in color and...
View ArticlePolish chicken getting picked on.
Hi, I have a 6-month-old Polish who is so sweet. I also have 2 Wyandotte's same age. One Wyandotte is laying, and the other is very close. Since the weather here in Illionois has changed and its...
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Chicken falling over after I put her down!
I was sitting down on the ground earlier today with her, she came up to me and fell over. I thought she just wanted to lay down but then she tried getting up but couldn't. She was pushing on the grass...
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My beautiful Sliver Sasso Soft Shell Eggs
I have a flock of 6 hens, my girls were born in May 2023 & are all laying, my issue is my Sliver Sasso has been laying soft shells & the eggs are being crush in the nesting box I check the...
View ArticleChicken stopped laying
I got 6 baby chicks the beginning of March 2023. They all started to lay at the normal time and 5 of them are still laying regularly. One chicken that was supposed to be an Americana had been laying a...
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Can food get in eggs? YOUR THOUGHTS?
So what are your thoughts and knowledge perhaps about this idea, can what a chicken eats get into the actual egg? we know there diet does effect the quality of the egg so doesn't that mean it's kinda...
View ArticleSeveral of my hens are attacking one hen in molt
First off I have 21 hens and a roo (hens, Pellets, cockrell) last year I had started my chicken keeping journey with 9.. I incubated my own eggs and some shipped eggs in which I kept several, processed...
View ArticleSize matters.
I have a white Leghorn and what I have now decided is an Olive Egger that are both just starting to lay eggs. My leghorn has been laying for a couple of weeks. I had my first olive egg about four days...
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