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This morning I went out to let my chickens out of the coop and found 3 paper thin eggs. Up until today they had been laying really nice hard shell eggs. Anyone know why this would happen all of the sudden? Nothing has changed in their diet or environment.

Don't do heat lamps they start fires. Get a cozy coop it's a panel that puts off her when they are next to it and it's not a fire hazard

If you have access to a veterinarian that treats chickens I would take her in right away. She might have just gotten into something or is it possible someone could have poisoned her?

I had a similar situation with one of my chickens. My dogs got ahold of one and ripped big chunks out of her back. I set up a playpen in a room downstairs and put a heat lamp on her. Get some blukote to put on the wounds. You can get it at tractor Supply Company Or amazon. It will protect the...

Yes eraser pink they look like egg shaped erasers. They are the smartest chicken eggs I've ever seen. I did get one that was an average size about a week ago but then back to extra small.

Instead of a heat lamp you should try a " cozy coop" it puts off heat but only if they stand next to it and it won't start a fire.

I have sand in my coop. It makes it easy to clean with a cat litter scooper. Also it drys fast.

That's a good idea to weigh them. Thanks for the info I've been comparing them to my americana's witch are much larger and the same age as the Australorps.

We are moving to San Antonio.

This is from one of my australorps.

I'm fairly new to this chicken thing. We got our chickens about 6 months ago. We are just starting to get eggs and just found out we have to move from Virginia to Texas. I really want to take my chickens but not sure how to move them. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Also, I have 4...

I have 4 Australorps that have been laying for about 3 weeks. The eggs are very small and look like pink erasers. I have read that they're supposed to be large to extra-large. Is there something wrong with my chickens?

I have 4 Australorps that have been laying for about 3 weeks. The eggs are very small and look like pink erasers. I have read that they're supposed to be large to extra-large. Is there something wrong with my chickens?