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Hello.. I have an approx 18 month old easter egger that is generally very healthy but doesn't lay much. She started laying last november and then production dropped significantly over the spring and summer, for about six weeks she didn't even lay at all except for a couple of fart eggs. She...

I just moved the water dish in the girl's pen and noticed a squiggling mass of little white worms. I change the water daily so they weren't there yesterday. The ground under the dish was muddy. Here are my questions: Is it possible these are internal parasites that came out in poo or eggs in...

I have been refraining from asking the ever popular "why did my hen stop laying" question for a loooooong time. Finally, I can say all the typical reasons are ruled out. so what's up with her? Here is the essential data: About a year and a half old EE, lays green eggs Started laying last...

Just under two weeks ago I found a baby sparrow that had fallen from a palm tree in my back yard. I know people say put them back in the nest, but those of you with 30 ft tall palm trees know that just isn't an option. Plus, within a day of rescuing him I noticed he was holding his head down...

Hiya everyone.. I am hoping to find a nice home for one of our hens. She is a healthy 10 month old black austrolorpe. Reliable layer of medium cream colored eggs, avg 22 per month. I have a small backyard flock with no roo, and she has taken it upon herself to become the bully of the bunch...

Hi All- Rescued a fledgling sparrow from the chicken coop yesterday. It was just sitting quietly and when I went to pick it up it fluttered around and landed on it's left side. I put it in a plant pot on my porch thinking maybe it was just stunned from an injury (this sometimes happens when...

Hiya everyone.. I am hoping to find a nice home for one of our hens. She is a healthy 10 month old black austrolorpe. Reliable layer of medium cream colored eggs, avg 22 per month. I have a small backyard flock with no roo, and she has taken it upon herself to become the bully of the...

I have a hen just under a year old. She was trying to eat a bark scorpion when it apparently stung her somewhere around her mouth and she shook her head and began scratching at her face. About 15 minutes has elapsed and she is lethargic and seems to be having problems breathing, stretching...

My hubby found this on Digg.. we got a pretty good laugh out of it. enjoy!

I have five hens who - for the most part - get along nicely. There is one hen, a black Aus, who has always been a bit of a bully. She has worked her way up to #2 in the pecking order and picks at everyone but #1. I have had to separate her once and hobble her a few times to keep her from...

Just want to check.. I would assume yes but I hate to assume anything. Are the seeds, goey innards and rinds of a cantaloupe ok for the girls?

I guess I could post this on "feeding and watering your flock" but this wasn't my doing! I let my girls out to free range in the evenings. Well, spring is here and lots of peeping baby birds up in trees... My girls are wandering around and suddenly they begin playing a fast and furious game...

So I have heard that there are only two colors of eggs: white and blue. Brown is a white egg with a brown pigment deposited on the journey down, and green a blue with brown pigment. A couple of weeks ago a very weird thing happened. I have five girls who lay, one dark brown, one medium...

Here is my question... I have four laying hens that are about 8-9 months old. I plan to bring home a couple of 8 week olds from the same gal I got my laying hens from. Having never experienced anything younger than 4-5 months, I am wondering if (after keeping them separated for a quarantine...

Hi Everyone! Let me start by saying this is a looooong post, so really you only need read the first couple of paragraphs if you want. Friend or stranger, please feel free to contact me any time, and please feel free to forward this as far and wide as you'd like. My husband and I have an 8...

I'm looking for opinions here.. I want to add a dark brown layer to my flock. I currently have two EEs, an AuLorp (who is in behavioral rehab ha ha) and a BR. They are in a large pen most of the time but also get to free range. I want to add a bird that is curious, friendly and not...

Ok, so today I was out in the garden and saw just how mean Wilma the loudmouth (and up until a few days ago, a freeloader) has become. She will chase both the EEs around for no reason, "catch" them and peck at their faces and pull head/neck feathers out. One runs like heck, the other squats...

hello all.. Looking to get a marans/barnevelder/welsumers - someone who will lay some beautiful dark brown eggs to add to my collection and an EE who definitley lays blue. I have all the other colors.. Yes, egg color is a novelty to me, I will admit it Health and age are important... of...

Well, after three and a half long months of waiting while her peers laid, the brat finally did it. Its the one on the left, next to a large egg from our BR. She is a 36 week old Australourp. I guess all it took was my posting here that she was in her final days because I can't have a hen...

A few weeks back someone posted a link to a great site that had a chart for each breed that showed place of origin, size of chicken, disposition, number, size and color of eggs and all sorts of other good info. Can someone supply that again please? And this time, I will bookmark it!