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I feel better now; thanks to all for taking the time to answer. I did read the entire article, and it was informative and reassuring. Love my girls and try to give them good care.

I have two production red hens (what feedstore called them) who lay pretty brown eggs. Occasionally, an egg will have small reddish-brown spots on the shell. Any ideas the reason this occurs?

I had one similar. It was a perfect egg but encased only in the membrane; no shell. I am trying to increase calcium, but they will not eat the oyster shell or dried crushed egg shells.

I live near Phoenix, AZ, and our summer has had several days well over 110! I have only 3 chickens, so this cooling method might not be practical for those with lots of chickens. My chickens free range in our quarter-acre fenced yard during the day, and I made a cooling bed for them on the...

HAPPY THANKSGIVING, EVERYONE! A story to share: our black Australorp, Smokey, has decided her safe place to lay her eggs is on the sofa in the family room! Once she's done, she gets a treat, and then is happy to rejoin her flock and free-range in the yard until roosting time.

Well! Thanks to all the info from BYC, we found Rhett in the bushes outside of our covered front patio in a raised flower bed. She was safely hidden and was "brooding" - get this - 23 perfectly beautiful brown eggs! Now I don't know how to convince her to use the nesting box we set up! I left...

Wow! Do I ever have egg on my face LOL! Here I have been worried about when my chickens (1 RIR, 1 Buff Orpington, 1 Australorp) would start laying. Rhett, the RIR, is the friendliest, and I was worried because she kept flying over the fence and would be gone until morning; not coming to roost in...

Appreciate the reply, Seminole. No more blood spots. No unusual or "sick" behavior. I did check her over very thoroughly, and could not see any blood anywhere. The first "50-cent" spot was dark and didn't have any material in it that I could see. The other spots were less than dime-size, and...

Thanks, Outpost JWB for taking the time to answer. The dogs are now OK with the chickens (Labs). Gretl was about 9 weeks old when the mauling occurred. She is now about 6 months old. My other3 chickens of the same age are laying. I cannot see any injuries at all, and she is confined to the house...

Many of you might have seen the June post and some subsequent updates on our pullet, Gretl, who was mauled by a dog, and survived to become our treaured house chicken. She is now at the age when she could start laying, and I have been concerned because she has some permanent neuro issues. About...

So glad you found your hens! Here's a dilemma at our house: Rhett, our RIR hen, was missing and we thought for sure she was a goner. She is the adventerous one, and keeps flying over the fence! But the next two mornings, she has come back for breakfas, but took off again. I am hping against...

Where does one buy pinless peepers? I have no need yet, but would like to have on hand..

Hope your little hen who found her way home will be OK. Bet she would have quite the story to tell!

Ha-Ha, no you're not! I follow all the directions but when I try to add a photo to a new message or reply - off everything goes into cyberspace. Must be a special way from a cellphone I haven't yet figured out.

Lovely hen! My spoiled girls love grapes! Two of three like me to pet them and I can pick them up; the third, not yet.