Recent content by Susie Kirsch

Thank you so much !

Oops-- shell-less egg

Buttercup laid a shelled (membrane only) egg by the time I got home. She seems fine now. She lays large eggs, 85 grams sometime, 75 grams most of the time. I have had consistent problems all winter with thin shells. They hardly eat their oyster shell. How do you get the liquid calcium down?

Oh, My!! Leaving. I can't thank you enough for your quick response.

Husband just called; Buttercup acting as if she has an egg stuck. I'm at work, scheduled to be home in 7 hours. Should I leave NOW? Worried!

Please help! Otherwise, I will leave work and take her to the vet.

Husband just called; Buttercup acting as if she has an egg stuck. I'm at work, scheduled to be home in 7 hours. Should I leave NOW? Worried!

Hi! thank you!

I thought about boredom as a reason for pooping in the nest; also, that it is probably warmer in the nest. Thankfully, our cold-spell is over for now and they are out roaming the yard. The egg shells have been confirmed as thin. I give them oyster shell, mixed in with their food. They are...

All of a sudden I have three problems (all at the same time): -thin shelled eggs that break in the nesting box -pooping in the nesting box -lots of feather loss These problems all came at the same and right after a below zero cold spell here in the Denver Metro area. I have 3 hens, they have...

Our Amber White, Daffodil, was sick last week; we didn't know what was wrong. I logged on to BYC, searched "sick", quickly found her symptoms under Egg Binding. My husband and I followed the steps: Lubrication, Tums, and Warm Bath. We were losing hope at 13 minutes in the warm bath -...