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Thanks so much for the chart! Also if it's discoloration from the muck in the coop, is it still safe to eat?

I have two Easter egg and one Americana chicken. They've been brooding for months, and now my father found an egg. I can't tell how old the egg is given that it was pushed to the side. So we don't know if it was recently laid or if it was just a missed egg, but I tested it in cold water so it's...

I have three hens, one Americana and two easter egg chickens that are 16 months old. Recently my Americana chicken stopped laying. I thought brooding until more than 8 weeks past and still no eggs. I was planning on taking her to the vet but recently I found that all the chickens have stopped...

Thank you so much for the responses. They ended up just pooping out the plastic they ate. Thank you for sharing the stories and helping me keep from freaking out.

Everyone thank you so much for the kind responses! She was brooding after all and eventually the rest of my chickens followed. After awhile they got out of brooding and are now laying happily! Thank you so much for the information and websites!

Thank you everyone for the responses. But now I'm having another problem. She's not laying any eggs! Shes been going outside and eating, but no eggs! Is the brooding causing her to not lay?

What does it mean when a chick is broody? How can I help her? And how would I block the nesting box?

Ever since this morning my Americana chicken has been in her nesting box all day. Its really bizarre, usually their all really skittish and jumpy but now she's just...blank. She used to run and hop but now she just sits there and doesn't cluck, doesnt get up, doesn't do anything. She's still...

It's been raining a lot lately and I set up a plastic tarp over the patio furniture. Evidently the plastic was too close to the coop because my girls pulled it through the chicken wire and began to throughly peck on it! I have two ameraucana and one Easter egg. They are 11 months old. I took it...

She's about thirteen weeks or so. I really don't want to cull her and I want to do everything I can not to. Please tell me it's not too late to splint her! I don't know how but if it'll fix this I'll figure out some way to get the splint on her if it's not too late!

From the moment she was born at four days old or so i noticed something was wrong with her foot. As time passed it only got worse. At first one of his toes was curled so much she limped. The others are straight but really long and looks as if it has no bone in it. When she was younger i tried...

Thanks everyone for your help! I think its just her feathers didnt grow all the way or something. Now she's alright in some ways and she's got big beautiful feathers!

From the moment she was born at four days old or so i noticed something was wrong with her foot. As time passed it only got worse. One of toes is curled so much she limps. The other is straight but really long and looks as if it has no bone in it. When she was younger i tried to put a splint on...

She's in the place by herself though! Shes eating and drinking alright she just for some reason is missing feathers.

My chick is maybe four weeks old or so and she has slightly ruffled feathers. I didn't think anything was amiss until she stuck out her neck upward to see me and I saw she has no feathers on her neck! It's just pink! What could be causing it?! Is it natural! I've already lost one chicken and I...