Recent content by zenhen165

Thanks so much for the response. Very informative! Calcium deficiency appears to be the culprit. A few months ago I added a couple of pullets to the flock and therefore switched from a Layer feed to a multi-flock with oyster shell available in a separate container. Looking forward to getting...

My Buff Orp laid this strange egg today. She's about 3 years old and has been laying shell-less/membrane covered eggs occasionally for the past year, but mostly not laying much at all. This is the first egg she's laid in 3 months and the first ever with an umbilical cord attached. She appears...

It's been several months since my post and I just wanted to check back in with everyone who took the time to share advice relating to my "stinky sand" issue. I finally bit the bullet and removed most of the nasty sand from the run and replaced it with organic materials to go the "deep litter"...

Thanks everyone for your feedback! It seems I've struck a chord with the deep litter fans. Creating an ecosystem that rids your coop of that nasty smell and provides beautiful compost makes a lot of sense. Unfortunately our set up is not deep enough to allow the various layers required for...

Hi guys, We've got a covered run that started out filled with sand. Six months later the run is now, not surprisingly, filled with a lots of chicken poop that looks like sand. We've tried saturating the area with water to let the organic matter drain through but that didn't solve the...