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My kids are getting really worried that their favorite, sweetest, gentlest, 13-14 week old chick, Ms. Frizzle, might actually be Mr. Frizzle. But we've never had a Frizzle before, and I'm having a hard time finding clear direction online of what to look for (I know Frizzles can be harder to...

Yep, it's hollow, and it goes down to the membrane. The thin part of the shell is just membrane too. Such a weird one!

None of their poop was bloody. Hopefully it was a one time thing and it will probably remain a mystery!

This came from our newly laying EE (she's been laying for about 2 weeks, if that.) Weird!

My kids went out to get eggs the other day, and came in to tell me there was little spots of blood all over the coop. Sure enough, specs of blood flung high and low, in the nesting boxes, and in the main part of the coop, all over the watering bucket. Examination of all six chickens and we...

So, one of our chickens has been laying for a couple weeks, we get a lot of double yolked small greenish eggs from her as her system gets used to laying, but today we found this one . . . there was a membrane all the way around (like nothing came leaking out of that tube), but I'm just curious...

It's been interesting to see how different they've turned out -- especially since the kids' favorite started out as this little black ball of fluff, that they named "Fuzzball", and has since turned into this thin, multi colored, chicken who we joke is trying to pass as a hawk (when it looks...

It's been interesting to see how different they've turned out -- especially since the kids' favorite started out as this little black ball of fluff, that they named "Fuzzball", and has since turned into this thin, multi colored, chicken who we joke is trying to pass as a hawk (when it looks...

We have six chickens, about 20 weeks old, 2 buffs, 2 RIR, and 2 EEs. The buffs and RIRs are obviously hens, and some even started laying this week! But our 2 EEs are SO different looking. They're thinner, leaner, different shaped feathers, tail feathers different. The thinner one in...