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Leaving out identifying details to protect this breeder, hoping for the best. If this ends badly, I will write a separate post. Last year I started my backyard flock without previous experience. This year I pre-ordered chicks from a local-ish breeder to get some less-common breeds. I placed my...

What are these spots on my egg? It has the appearance of very fine grains of baker's yeast. Just came in from the nesting box.

TL;DR: My chickens have a favorite nesting box. Why, and will it be a problem in the future? I am new to chicken keeping. Our six pullets (2 Speckled Sussex, one each Buff Orpington, Cinnamon Queen, Easter Egger, and Wyandotte, from Cackle Hatchery) are seven months old and are all laying. When...

Hello! We received our chicks from Cackle five months ago. I am obsessed, as is my eight-year-old. She is out taking chicken photos as I write. We live in the Pioneer Valley of Western Massachusetts. After some planned chick giveaways and two early losses to predators, we have a happy little...