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Over the last two years, I've had three chickens come down with some odd malady where first they have pour egg quality such as just membranes instead of shells and then it progresses to cessation of laying eggs. These chickens are typically between the ages of 9 months-2 years. When they first...

I have a golden comet who is also probably about five months old. She's been laying for over a month brown eggs, now suddenly the last two have been white. Did you ever figure this out?

I saw this lampshade the other day and thought it was the greatest!

The vet did not know what she is sick with except that she is passing not fully formed eggs. Otherwise, she looks very healthy, feathers are shiny, comb is bright red and her weight is good. Her blood test came back though showing an infection somewhere and her calcium is low. I can't believe...

I finally took her to the vet and it turns out she IS sick. She is now on antibiotics and calcium supplements. I have my fingers crossed this will help her.

I have three black sex links for a backyard flock. They are all the same age, about 1.5 years old. Only one went through a true molt this winter, one has been laying an egg about every three days, and one, my previously best egg layer, has been dropping soft shelled eggs from the roost about two...

I am going through this exact situation right now. I have three chickens and all three of them have baldness on their necks. I also have varying degrees of baldness on their bellies. I don't see any strong indication of mites, but this is all new to me. I know they do have scaly leg mites that I...

I am having the same problem. I have three black sex link chickens and production went from three eggs a day to now I'm lucky if I get two, typically it's none or one egg. They have plenty of water, have organic layer feed, large area to run around and they all seem healthy. They are all one...

I have had the Ador for about one year now. I absolutely love it. It took a little tweaking to make sure it closed after the last chicken went in. We now have it on the latest setting. I have been freed up now to go out to evening dinner parties etc. without having to worry about getting back to...

Tucs, you solved our problem! I started giving them ground up eggshell (which I had stopped using about six months ago) and she started having normal eggs almost immediately. She has not dropped any shell-less eggs and had a normal egg now four days in a row. I am so relieved that the problem...

Thanks everyone, I appreciate all the responses. She has a healthy diet, no stress, no overcrowding. It is probably an internal problem. I will just have to remove her from the flock : (

They are on an organic layer crumble and have oyster shell available at all times. They all look healthy with good energy.

My 1.5-year-old black sex link started laying deformed eggs several months ago. They would be banded in the middle and have other swirls etc. The shells are always thin. Once or twice a week she would lay a shell-less egg that I would find below the roosting bar. This has now developed where she...

I started giving my girls a scoop or two of compost every day to pick through and find the bugs and worms. This way I don't feel so guilty about not letting them go free in the yard and destroy my garden. They LOVE it!!