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We have had a hen that has not been doing well over the last 6 months and was dead in the coop this morning. Upon opening up her abdominal cavity, this was taking up the majority of the space there. It is very lumpy and bumpy. Her organs were all intact that I could tell - at first, I thought...

Hi all, My one easter egger was laying green eggs last year. I was thinking that she had not laid an egg in probably 6 months, but have been finding one about every other day that is pinkish in color Has anyone every had easter eggers that changed the color of eggs that they were laying...

Our white leghorns have been laying good for 7 months now with 1/day. Yesterday we were 1 egg short, but didn't think much about it. Today we had 1 egg from each, but one is very small, about 1/3 normal size. Shell seems good, but the shape is rounder than usual. They all seem to eat good with...

Does anybody have a good diabetic cheesecake recipe?

We introduced three younger hens into our flock a couple of months ago, an easter egger, silver laced wyandotte, and red sex linked - they should all be about the same age. the sex-linked has been laying for about three weeks, but haven't seen any indication that the ee or wyandotte are (the...

Hi all, Had a friend ask me if we had turkeys for Thanksgiving, but we just have chickens, so I thought this might be a good place to see if anybody has any in the Nashville area.

Hi all, Last week one of the leghorns (of all things!) started trying to go broody - won't get out of the nest, plucked breast feathers, etc. We have gotten her over that, but I don't think she is laying again yet. How long after they stop being broody before they start laying again?

I've been recoopin' from surgery & the DSW has been tending the girls full time. Yesterday afternoon she told me that a leghorn got on the nest late in the day. Two eggs short so thought not much of it. She was still on the nest after lites out & still there this morning. The lh was a bit...

Does BYC have a mobile site? I've stepped into the next generation of communications & want to get BYC on my mobile. I can get it up but it's hard to read. Thanks!

Hi all, We have read several threads here on de-beaking, and don't really want to resort to that. We have been trying to introduce three younger chicks into the flock for about two months, and we are still not to the point that we trust the older ones not to peck them until they are...

We've got 2 first year layers that have decided to start laying very early int he morning before the sun comes up. And they're laying on the floor of the coop & 1 egg is always broken. Thought it could be that they couldn't see good enough to get in the nest boxes, but they're doing their thing...

Hi all, We are about at our wits end trying to figure out what is going on with two of the hens. We have been trying to introduce three newbies to the flock by letting them in the coop right before it gets dark, and then putting them back out as it is getting light - so far, the aggression...

Hi all, The past couple of days, we have found eggs laid on the floor of the coop - some ok and some cracked. They have to have been laid between the time that they went to roost and the time that we get out there to let the little ones out that we are trying to introduce to the flock -...

Hi all, Well, this week, the girls got busy and we got our first egg Monday - a total of 15 in 5 days from the 8 girls! I have some co-workers who have mentioned that they would like to buy some from us if we have more than we need, and I have absolutely no idea how much to ask for them...

Hi all, Well, we bit the bullet and put the three 3 month olds out with the 4 month olds today - the newbies are corralled in a puppy pen so that everybody can see each other, but not touch. For about three hours, the established hens sounded like the hens from hell - lol. I think I read...

Hi all, Well, hubby and I butchered our two extra roos today and it didn't go too badly:). I just have one question. After I got the innards out, when I tried to get the lungs, I shredded them. Everything was pretty slippery at that point, and I know I didn't get them all out. They're...

Hi all, We have 11 chickens that are about 4 months old, and recently traded three for some that are about 6 weeks old now, Right now, the 6 week olds are still in the brooder, but what is the best way and best age to introduce them to the older chickens?

We've got our automatic waterer done & it seems to be working great! And the peeps don't have a problems with it either, & that's the most important thing I'm going to get it all on our coop page later today.........I hope. In brief, it's a rubbermaid tub that I drilled a series of 2 1/4" holes...

Hi all, I went to the treats section to see if wild strawberries are ok to let the chickens eat, but didn't find anything at all about strawberries. Do I need to worry about the chickens eating them? Our yard is full of them right now.

Yesterday morning when I fed the peeps, their feed looked fine....no problems. When I went out last night with their treats, I was checking their feeder & found mold starting to grow around the top away from the feed. So I really got down in the feed & when I picked some up, I could literally...