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Over the last two years, I've had three chickens come down with some odd malady where first they have pour egg quality such as just membranes instead of shells and then it progresses to cessation of laying eggs. These chickens are typically between the ages of 9 months-2 years. When they first...

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I have three black sex links for a backyard flock. They are all the same age, about 1.5 years old. Only one went through a true molt this winter, one has been laying an egg about every three days, and one, my previously best egg layer, has been dropping soft shelled eggs from the roost about two...

My 1.5-year-old black sex link started laying deformed eggs several months ago. They would be banded in the middle and have other swirls etc. The shells are always thin. Once or twice a week she would lay a shell-less egg that I would find below the roosting bar. This has now developed where she...

I started giving my girls a scoop or two of compost every day to pick through and find the bugs and worms. This way I don't feel so guilty about not letting them go free in the yard and destroy my garden. They LOVE it!!

I have an eight-month-old before Buff Orpington who went broody a few weeks ago, I used the broody cage and cool water dips and broke her in one day. She has been laying eggs and acting fine since then. Starting a few days ago, she is starting to do the behavior of that screeching sound and...

My 4 chickens just started laying about a month ago. My black sex link has been laying almost daily and is 27 weeks old. She started an odd behavior 3 days ago and I am at a loss as to what is going on. When she is ready to go in and lay an egg, she gets very agitated off and on for about 30...

I got 2 buff orpingtons in February 2014, they started to lay eggs in May and then both became broody in the summer. Broodiness turned into molting and now, I have not had one egg since August 27th!! I had them raise some chicks and now have 4 chickens ages 17 weeks, 27 weeks and one year. I...

Hi, I started keeping 2 buff Orpington's last February. They started laying in May and all was well until one of them became broody in July. Nothing would dissuade her so I let her raise 2 buff orpington chicks. When they were four weeks old, she abandoned them and became broody again. I live in...

Hi, I have a one year old buff orpington who stopped laying eggs 2 months ago when she went broody. I got her a black sex link chick to raise and she is now 7 weeks old. My broody hen also started molting 2 or 3 weeks ago. My other 2 chickens are only 17 weeks old and not ready to lay (no signs...

Hi, I started keeping chickens last February with 2 Buff Orpington pullets. They started to lay in May and immediately one of them became broody. I got her 2 buff orpington chicks to raise which she did well but went back to being broody after about 4 weeks. I finally sold her to a farm as I...

Hi Everyone, I started keeping 2 buff orpingtons in February and they started to lay in May. One of them has been off and on broody since she laid her first egg. I finally gave her chicks to raise and she was great mothering them until they were about 4.5 weeks and now leaving them be (they are...