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No, I am not seeing any signs of respiratory distress. All my hens are healthy sounding and looking and acting. Don't know what the deal is. I read that you are supposed to "cull" the hens from the flock when they are persistently laying rubber eggs. Don't know how we can figure out who it...

. Here is an egg (well, two) that are both rubber and attached by a tube. We are getting regular rubber eggs from one of our 12 hens. Don't know who as they are free range and share nesting boxes. Confused as to what to do as we have lots if oyster shells and good feed. All other eggs are...

I am new to Polish so I am not sure where her crest rates in the world of S, M. L. EX.... She hangs with the flock, so I know she can see well enough to get with them. She also can see the ladder because it is large and she will walk over the end of it in her wanderings before bedtime. She...

We recently added a Polish hen to our flock of 11 hens. Every night, the 11 chickens go into the coop and hop up on the roosts. Except my Polish. She wanders around in and out of the run attached to the coop. Then, when she gets sleepy, she leaves the run and hops up on a stump in the yard...

Thanks for all the happy welcomes! We are in Central Kentucky, by the way. And I don't know if it is ever going to stop raining long enough for us to get our coop built. I will post pics when it is done. We got lots of inspiration from BYC coops when we started the planning process. I am so...

We started a small flock of laying chicks this spring. We live in an urban area one street over from Main Street and in a historic district. We have a flock of 12 consisting of 4 Barred Plymouth Rock, 2 Buff Orpingtons, and 6 Americaunas of varying colors. We want to raise chickens for lots...