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Hi! It's a bit early, but one of my 4 month old hens laid an egg today! Can you tell me what I've got here? Is it an olive egger? It looks more like a mushroom color, kinda taupe. Is there a color name for this egg? The mix is an Araucana hen x Black Copper Murans rooster. Thank you, Marsha

I first spotted this unit at My Pet Chicken. It looked ideal. It advertises it as having a 'new plastic smell' at first, run it for a while to dissipate it. I ended up buying the unit from the Mfr because it was cheaper and in stock. When it arrived I plugged it in to see how well it...

Hi, I'm raising 5 chicks indoors. I put them in one of our bathrooms and they live inside a portable cage I bought online. I thought this would be ok, and I would just keep the bathroom cleaned and vacuumed. For the past couple weeks I've noticed a lot of black dust which obviously is coming...

Hi, I treated one of my Australorps with Penicillin, Tylan powder, and worming liquid (forgot the name) But I was told by the vet my hen would now be a pet chicken not worthy of eggs. It has been 3 months, and she does lay eggs, not too regular as before, and sometimes I can tell which is...

Hi everyone, Since our chicks hatched on Sunday, all we can do besides play, marvel, and clean is ask, do we have any hens?? So yesterday I began to notice a difference in tail feathers. Is that a sign? Three have "blocky" type feathers and two have 'sparse' type feathers. I will...

Hi, Last night was day 3, so I filled the reservoir. When we wake up it turns to the next day, which this morning was day 2. I noticed the reservoir had gone down by a 1/4" maybe a bit more, so I lifted the lid to top it off, then noticed three eggs had pipped!!! It's now 9:30 pm and one...