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No males. One of them laid another egg yesterday. I've heard that perpetual broodiness can be bad for birds, but they can't be broody if they're still laying eggs (at least one of them isn't broody, then, that is).

My two female ringneck doves were born this past summer. They started laying eggs in the fall but seem to have stopped in the New Year. When they started laying I started providing them with a nest (a plastic container lined with hay secured to the side of their cage raised up off the ground)...

Looking back to my previous posts has given me a confusing portrait of her "condition." I guess I have trouble remembering back that far, but still, she's never shown any lethargy, change in food or water intake, or other signs as far as I can tell. It's always been extremely mild. She does it...

Last year around this time one of my two hens (a now circa 7 year old hatchery EE) started sneezing a lot. She seemed to be a little worse at breathing, almost like she was "stuffed up," if you know what I mean. Everything else was normal. She doesn't produce a lot of eggs at her age anymore...

I own a hard copy of The Chicken Health Handbook. It may be my imagination that it's gotten worse, it may have just stayed at the same level and she had a particularly sneezy day. I know her breathing sounds screwed up; that's the problem!

She's had some watery droppings on some days as evidenced by some poo stuck to the feathers around her vent, but her most recent poo that I saw happening was fine. I attributed the poo on the feathers near the vent as being the result of drinking a lot on hot days, even though my other hen...

Thanks! So the smell would be identifiable as something I haven't smelt before, I take it?

My 5 year-old Easter Egger hen seems to finally be getting a bit worse, but the progression is extreeeeeemely slow. She's sneezing a lot and her breathing occasionally sounds screwed up, especially when she's on the roost at night. No discharge from the nares except for some normal chicken...

Thanks so much for your reply, Stiggy! This morning I can no longer hear her breathing, but the more-frequent-than-usual sneezing is still there. Could I chalk it up to chicken allergies? Also, I found a mushy, cracked-open egg on the floor of the henhouse this morning. As I was cleaning out the...

Hi all, Last night when I went to lock up my chickens my Easter Egger hen sneezed maybe twice. I didn't think much of it at the time. Then, today, she was sneezing more than usual but otherwise looked and acted fine. Then, tonight when I went to lock them up, in addition to the sneezing, I...

You're all gonna think I'm crazy, and I probably am, so let's just get that out in the open . I've been somewhat fascinated by the sport of falconry as of late. Odd for a vegetarian, don't you think? Well, I love birds and I guess I would just be participating in nature, not killing myself...

OK thanks everybody for the info!

Hi, I live in the City of Vancouver. I have two hens that live in a coop in the back yard. I also have a wack of other animals, mainly fish these days. So, that's me. Hi guys!

Hi everybody, I have 2 large fowl hens, whom I raised from day-olds, who are now in their 3rd year. It seems like each year around late autumn when the hens start moulting the dominant hen (an Easter Egger) starts attacking the submissive hen (a Rhode Island Red). She always gets feathers...