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I have a Ameracauna hen who hasn't laid an egg since she molted late last summer. I noticed what looks like egg yolk under the roost and around her vent the last few days. She's with two other hens, a austrolorp and a barred rock. They are all about 4 years old. The other two are laying...

I had 3 molting at once though none seemed to be a real serious molt, first the barred rock, then the austrolorp and then the americauna. They started laying again in the same order about a week and a half to two weeks after molting. They're pretty much back to their old schedule now.

Update: She quit laying the shell-less and membrane-less eggs and soon after she went into molt. She's done with that now and has just started laying again. While her eggs are kind of odd shaped they'er otherwise normal! Have no clue as to what was going on with her.

She's fine, in fact you can't tell which of the five ducks she is! They all came running for their treat. All of them are about 4 or 5 years old and from what I understand the neighbors only get one or two eggs a day and don't know which ones are laying. I'm pretty sure they won't want a vet...

I'm looking after a neighbor's critters and tonight one of their runner duck hens had a purple round ball surrounded by soft white tissue hanging from her backside! The neighbor's dad and I caught her and removed most of the white stuff - it looked like either egg white or membrane, it didn't...

Don't know, I checked all over too, to see if she was laying somewhere else though it didn't seem likely. She used to lay regularly and always in the nest box. She was just a year old in April. I really thought she would've resolved whatever the issue is by now. They also get ACV and a bit...

I have an Americauna that's been producing eggs with no shell and no membrane at all. She's been doing this for a couple of weeks, sometimes in the egg box and sometims it's like she just pooped only it was yolk and white! Prior to that her shells had been kind of thin for a while.. They get...

Thanks a bunch, the minerals and AC were delivered today so I'll put them out and see what I can find for pellets.

I have a 6 yr old Nigerian Dwarf wether and I just got a 6 week old mini fainter doeling. I recently lost a 4 yr old NG wether to urinary calculi. I've only ever fed my wethers grassy hay, free choice salt w/selenium and free choice baking soda and pasture in the summer. After losing Ralph I...

I don't think it'd be a dog, the chickens are in a large fenced area (52"h livestock panels, narrow spaces at the bottom), they share it with a couple of ducks, two goats and a mini donkey. The area is right behind the house too.

Something killed Rita, a sweet older hen between 2 and 4 in the afternoon. She seemed to be partially skinned with the skin pulled up from her back almost over her head and her tail was pulled off. Since that happened I spoke with a friend whose neighbor lost a few chickens in the same manner...