Posts by speckledhen

Could be fungal (vent gleet) as someone said, due to the smell mentioned. Don't have experience with that personally. An outside chance exists that the hen may be in the final stages of cancer or some reproductive ailment and the...

Internal laying is genetic/hormone based. No cure, no prevention. Her age is when you first start seeing it, especially in the most common hatchery egg breeds like sex links, production reds, etc. I've lost probably 15 hens to internal...

Broody is good, for now, however, since internal laying is chronic, being genetic/hormone based, she will most likely develop the same condition again. And, if she has gunk in the oviducts as well as what you removed from the abdomen,...

 Cute projects! Can't wait to get a hook in my hands again, but that will have to wait until probably next week when they start tearing out the interior walls, kitchen, etc, in prep for renovation after the fire.  I'm living...

Thanks, Aubrey. Means a lot to me.   I had to separate Carly and her one Del/EE chick from Aimee and her three chicks, which include two Cochins and one Del/Ee baby, half sibling to Carly's. Carly's single one wants to be with...

Calcium had nothing to do with this, trust me. This is genetic/hormone based.

Many thanks, Nancy!

That is so generous, but I'm sure I'll have the go-ahead to get a new one in a couple of days. There were 3 that were total losses, but they are trying to clean mine since it was furtherest from the fire (though it was still black with...

Thank you, Nancy, I appreciate that. I'm living in an RV in my driveway at the moment while waiting for demolition of the interior to start and them to either give me the go ahead to buy a new computer or get my cleaned one back to me....

Leg color should always be yellow and only yellow. Pullets may have duller yellow, yet still yellow. Males should have bright yellow legs, orangey as chicks. Leg color in this breed has been an issue with all hatcheries, as have other...