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Yeah, I would not worry about a 21 week old, she’ll get into her rhythm soon enough. And most of my girls insist on using the same nesting box-I think that’s really common. My EE has really become a very rare layer-she’ll lay two days that not lay for 20 or so. But she’s happy, she’s pooping and...

Hi Rockergirl, my EE went 18 days without laying, which prompted me to do a gynecological exam on her (filed fingernail down, used oil on my finger). I felt what felt like an egg, but didn’t touch eggshell directly, instead it felt like it was behind a membrane (maybe a chicken uterus?), the...

Quick question to the chicken community: do any other chickens (besides mine) spend a lot of time standing up overnight? I have a camera in the coop (because I’m obsessed with them) and I can check them any time in the middle of the night and, inevitably, one or more are standing up. Does anyone...

Thank you for taking the time to give me some advice, I will try to calm down about it. I suspect if this is still going on in another ten days I’ll have another panic attack 😂

Ultimately I’m fine with her not laying (although she lay these cute blue green eggs) since I wanted chickens because I wanted pet chickens, but really just worried that there may be something wrong with her. I keep feeling her body and checking out her butt, which she does not like at all, but...

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Hi All, It is day ten and my EE, who started laying eggs on 2/11, is on day ten without laying. I really am getting concerned. We have plenty of sunlight, she’s not molting, and seems happy and healthy. She’s eating, and drinking, and pooping. But ten days without laying an egg after she laid...

Thanks! Really trying not to!

Hello, Hoping someone here can help. My EE has been laying sing 2/11. She was a pretty consistent layer, 5-6 days on, 1 day off. She stopped laying 4 days ago. I have scoured the run and the coop-no eggs and no sign of eggs. I have a camera in there and can watch the nesting box. She’ll go...

Good to know-thanks so much for the advice!

Good to know! Thank you!

They are on grower feed, with some chick feed mixed in. I bought a bag of layer feed but didn’t want to give it to them until they started laying.

Thank you!

Thank you!

Hi All, My EE laid her first eggs (one yesterday and one today) and I found them in a corner this evening. I had not been giving any of my girls oyster shells or laying feed because none of them have been laying. Now that Agatha is laying, I will try to feed her some oyster shell tomorrow...

I’ll add that I picked her up and her crop is soft and feels empty, but I don’t sense any swelling or feel anything that seems obviously wrong (though I have not handled a lot of chickens). I have not been able to check her poop, since I can’t distinguish hers from the other chickens

Hi all, I’m new to raising chickens and I have a 21 week old silver laced Wyandotte pullet that has been sleepy all day, and her tail is droopy.I brought a bowl of fermented feed out and the other 4 rushed over and started gobbling. She always hung back, because she’s shy of humans or anything...

Thanks @southwestclucker and @aart I think I figured out the mystery-but now have another problem! A neighbor who has a woodworking shop came by a couple days ago and dropped off two big bags of very fine wood shavings-much smaller in size than the traditional pine shavings I’ve been buying...

Hi, I have 5 pullets who are around 19 weeks old. For months they have excitedly exited the coop the second the pop door opens. Now they won’t leave the coop. About 5 days ago this area got around five inches of snow and extremely cold weather-they wouldn’t leave the coop the day it was...

Oh but Frankie is sooo beautifu! Congrats on a stunning roo!