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I really need some help here. the past few days 1 out of 12 of my eggs have had small smears of blood on it. BUT Yesterday the one egg was covered in blood and there was even some blood in the pine shavings in nesting box. anyone with any information I would grreatly appreciate it... they are...

Thanks enola! And so does that mean she will always lay brown eggs (I'm assuming yes) I love learning everything there is to know about chickens- so thanks again :)

Not a great picture i know but all i have right now...got them from a feed store here in CT

okay! so do ALL Araucanas lay blue eggs? I just watched one drop a light brown egg...unless it is not Araucana but pretty sure it is...any help is appreciated

okay! so do ALL Aracaunas lay blue eggs? we have 3 but i just watche done of them drop a light brown egg...no blue at all... unless it is something other than an aracauna? it has a beard of feathers too i like but my GF doesnt... any help is appreciated

looks like a rooster to me although i am by no means a professional... does it stand much taller than your other birds?

Although this is not all that important my mind is very inquisitive about everything chickens and so here goes: How come Eggs laid in a nesting box with a lot of fresh pine shavings are always super clean and eggs laid in nesting box with very little shavings have poop and other discoloration...

thank you for the response.. glad to learn about ammonia vs bleach

Hi Everyone, Happy spring! I currently have a flock of 10 red stars that are almost 3 years old (maybe more) and have slowed way down on the egg laying thing. We bought 14 new chicks of various breeds and so we are going to process the older flock and start fresh with this new flock. MY...

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Ah good points both aart and mahlezeit. They are only about one year old so it makes sense they might lay through winter. But for the most part they were on the roost before light shut off at 6 pm. Maybe 1/15 was on ground looking for food but they were ready for bed when instant darkness came...

OK, so I had a light on timer for my 15 chickens from mid october until December 20. the light was on from 5 am until 7 am then again from 4:30 until 6 pm. i was getting 8 or 9 eggs a day. AFTER i turned the timer off (to let the girls rest up for the winter) I started getting 12 to 13 eggs a...

its also my first winter for my 15 red stars... someone told me cracked corn is good to feed them as it helps keep them warm in the winter... any other suggestions for feed alternatives?

Thanks for the response. I guess I didn't clarify. But girls were free ranging in backyard which is fenced in. My run has mesh wire on top n all around it

A hawk got one if my 12 girls today. I went out back and saw the carnage but the other 11 have totally disappeared. I assume they ran into woods for saefety. Question is will they return on their own??5/11 have come back into fenced in back yard and are slowly making their way to coop. Should...