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I tried posting this last night...my 3 year old leghorn has a history of laying troubles that started when she was about 2. Brittle eggs, shelless eggs found in the nest, transluscent eggs, you name it. Then they got better, then they stopped. Now, she seems to be filling up with egg matter. Her...

My poor leghorn. She has not been able to lay in months, and it would appear she's just blowing up like a balloon. tonight she could not even waddle herself into the henhouse. I feel the kindest thing to do is end her suffering (vets here don't do chickens for whatever reason) so I will have to...

So here is the deal. I have a flock of hens, no rooster. There are 7. Three from my original flock, four added in last spring as full-size pullets. Things were dicy but settled down as usual. I also have four chicks who are getting big and who have been banished into the chicken yard inside...

My leghorn has not laid an egg for months now. She's 3 years old. I had trouble with her laying very thin and translucent eggs before and have posted that problem. She actually laid what seemed to be "shellless" eggs in the nest box a few times. Yesterday, it looked like she squirted yolk from...

Although there is plenty of room-not all of my hens "roost" in their henhouse at night. I will sometimes see some down in the bedding for the night. Some also will roost on the edge of their nest boxes, which really is irritating because they poop where they roost. Does anyone else have this...

Two of the chicks I have are a mystery, and I am wondering if they are americanas...I wish I could figure out how to post their image so you could see them. They are "teenagers" now, and have feathers with a combination of black and rusty brown. More black toward the head, but the classic...

Anyone deal with this before? Seems to be the dry wart type, not the moiset strain involving her respiratory tract. Just wondering how long it will take till she is better. ....???Have my hen separated...I know others will probably come down with it too. Rats. I was just about to get some new...

Okay. The eggs seem to have thin shell matter. I am now thinking for some reason the eggs are not staying inside while the shell developes. Like their is a weakening of the mustles that hold the egg in...this theory because when I picked her up, her stress expelled an egg. Also, I find these...

I have a barred rock hen who is 2. She and the others have been fine. Suddenly she's laying shelless eggs. I noticed (may be a unrelated) that the red skin is showing more under her wattle around the very top of her head. I noticed her bottom looked a little "different" today, so picked her up...