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Sounds very similar to what our girls did when molting.

Another good treatment for a bleeding chicken is flour. It stops the bleeding really fast and is easier to put on than ointment. We had drama getting ointment on one our birds!

We also have some invasive bamboo in our yard that the girls regularly peck at. So far no problems with that...

Is there anything I should do to try and modify their broody behavior? Or should I just let them be?

Hi all - I have concerns about the health of my microflock of 3 Australorp hens. For the past few weeks, egg laying has dropped off significantly, and there have been none for the past few days, when we used to get 1 or 2 each day without fail. Also, the girls seem to be eating alot less. When...

That happened the first time we had my soon to be mother in law over.... and the girls were still chicks then so it was small but really wet. Gotta love 'em! : )

Congrats....isn't that such a good feeling when you finally get that first egg?

http://clandestinechickens.blogspot.com/p/chicken-poop-bingo-contest.html

I never could do this myself, but I have read that you can put a dab of food coloring on each birds' vent and then streaks of that color will appear on her egg. Not sure if you want to get that "personal" with your chickens...I know I don't! Ha!

Golf balls also work if you have them around and don't want to spend the money on buying other "fake" eggs.

I was wondering the same thing. Yesterday we cleaned out the girls pen and while we cleaned we put them into a small dog carrier. All three of them were in there for a half an hour and no poop. Can they really control it?

We also ordered from my pet chicken because of the 3 minimum rule and were very happy with the health of the girls.

We are also in the Syracuse area.

Congratulations! There is nothing like the very first one.