I'm winterizing differently this year. I'm wrapping the coop, but not the run. Mainly because the run is huge now, but also because of lighting. Even with clear wrap it simply feels dark and dank in there and so I've decided not to over enclose it.
My next step is thinking about how to...
Hi Everyone,
My name is Christine and I am from a tiny town in central Illinois. I'm not new, but I was an external user for sometime. I posted an article Blood on the eggs- a primer in Chicken vent anatomy and common injury a while back because I had gotten curious about some of the vague...
Please see the post https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/975597/blood-on-the-eggs-a-primer-in-chicken-vent-anatomy-and-common-injury for help with this issue.
See this post on how and when to worry about blood on eggs
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/975597/blood-on-the-eggs-a-primer-in-chicken-vent-anatomy-and-common-injury
See this post for handy information about blood on eggs
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/975597/blood-on-the-eggs-a-primer-in-chicken-vent-anatomy-and-common-injury
A common question of both new and experienced backyard birders is "why is there sometimes blood on the eggs?" and further "should I be worried?" As a science teacher I became interested in this topic and took it to the experts. In this post I hope to share what I've learned of the anatomy and...