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I found this stash of eggs today. My question is not being sure how old they are, can you safely float test them to check for any bad ones or chuck them all. I don't think they have been there more than 2 weeks.

Any thoughts on this: out of 13 2-3 y/o hens I am getting maybe 1-4 eggs a day! They were laying like crazy and have cut way back. I saw them a month or so ago in a part of our yard that had standing water from our septic drain field and drinking it! Could this cause the slow down in eggs...

When cleaning a poopy butt, i noticed lice on her. Will dusting with DE kill them? Or what is the best way to get rid of them? My flock is 13 hens and egg laying has diminished last several weeks so I'm worried my whole flock has them. I sprinkled DE in the nesting boxes and on the roost.

After I let my gals out of the coop this morning, I found this one back in the coop on the roost. When I looked closer I saw something black, maybe a tick, above her eye. When I touched it it fell off so I couldn't have a closer look. Left her with a tiny puncture wound and a small amount of...

I have a Buff Orphington that has been sitting in the nesting box constantly for about a week now I dont think she is laying, and she acts broody, but she is not sitting on eggs. Will they go broody even if they aren't sitting on eggs? I also heard one of my other hens "squeaking" like a...

Any ideas as to what has happened to this Roos butt feathers. I have 2 golden lace Wyndottes that have missing feathers, this one being the worst. Not sure if picking on is what is going on. I don't hear or see any picking on. Could be at night when they go in. I dint think hey are sleeping on...

I have eggs due to hatch this Fri and when I removed the turning plate I noticed one,a Barred Rock, was oozing some sort of fluid. Was wondering if anyone knows what's going on.

Good morning, went out to collect eggs just now and found this! What would cause this?

One of my Buff Orp has been sitting up in the hen house, outside of the nest box, all day today. I picked her up and noticed her belly has lost all the feathers. Is this "molting"?

I have 8 layers that have been laying 5-8 eggs a day but yesterday, none laid any. Is that weird that all 8 took the day off? Got only 1 so far today. No signs of something sneaking in and getting them before we get to them. Just curious.

We just moved and where we put our coop and run there were several azalea bushes. Good place for them to stay out of harms way of the hawks but lately we have seen them jumping up and plucking the flowers off the bushes. Is this harmful for them to eat the leaves And flowers?

We're hoping to move our coop (if this rain ever stops) to our new home in the country. We are on septic and want to know if we need to place the coop away from the leech field and away from the septic system altogether ?

I have 5, 14wk old chicks, 1 of which is a Roo. At what age is the Roo mature enough to start doing his thing? He is a beautiful Ameracauna and I want to put him in with my 1yr old girls to start mating so I can hatch some new chickies for my husbands boss.

My girls got hold of a mouse this AM and ate it! Is this OK or can they get sick from this?

I have a 4 day old chick that has started panting, chirpping & can't seem to stand up anymore. It also looks like a clear w/ white poo came out. HELP pls. I feel so bad for it.

I'm not sure which hen laid this egg, but has anyone ever seen an egg that has a large white area and verigated looking. Also, my husband found 2 eggs in the nesting box this afternoon and 1 was very soft at the top and kind of smooshed open. Is it possible that 1 hen laid 2 eggs, but only 1...

This is our first time with chickens and we are learning the ropes as we go. Our chicks just laid their first eggs ( 3 out of 5 chicks) 10 days ago and since then, I have only gotten 1 egg (the same color & size) a day. Is this normal? I have RI Reds, 2 Black Sexlinks & 1 Golden Comet that...