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Since I upgraded, my stats (see under avatar) have disappeared. Please help this me "get back on track".:(

I recently bought 10 young chickens (about 4 months old). I had found a home for my two older hens so I was free to start over. Out of the ten, one is a beautiful Delaware rooster, there is 1 Delaware hen, 2 Dark Brahmas, 2 Easter Eggers, 2 Barred Rocks, and 2 Salmon Favorelles. Now, here's...

I'm back! I've gotten a new flock of 10 and I'm back to BYC to learn more about egg-laying chickens. A happily retired educator, I live with my husband in a little coastal village in California. We've had chickens for the last 12 years and have enjoyed their wonderful eggs. We have three...

I would like to add a few chicks or pullets to my small flock. Three years ago I bought six chicks of various breeds from the local farm supply. All chicks were beautiful and healthy. But over the three years, all but one has had "egg-making" problems. The SLW and the GLW both laid eggs with...

My three-year-old EE layed this 1/2 pound mass of shell-less eggs. Turned out there were five shell-less eggs within each other. I posted these pictures on the egg-laying behavior topic but no one knows exactly what it is and what I can do about it. Is there something I can do? What about...

I hesitate to post this because I feel like gagging when I look at it. But I am worried about my EE (almost three years old). She molted in the fall and never began laying again. The other day I went out and found this huge rubbery thing (obviously a shell-less egg) but the size of an...

Saw this on Craig's List this morning. Is this ad for real or is someone trying to pull one over on us? http://slo.craigslist.org/grd/2773411059.htm Sorry, this does not go through to Craig's list. So here is what the ad said. Rhode Island WHITE rooster. Beautiful young bird, 6-7 months old...

Rosie is dead! Our 18 month old RIR acted a little lethargic but ate and drank and roosted with her 5 flockmates for the last week. This afternoon we returned from town to find her lying in the dirt. She was still alive so we wrapped her in a towel and took her inside. I was holding her while...

My hens are a year and four months old. Our friendly, sweet buff Orpington stood with her head in the corner all day. She's stopped eating and drinking. Her comb and wattles are bright red. She has been a good layer until a month ago, then stopped. She began laying again last week but her eggs...

Every June I get way more snow peas (sugar peas, edible pea pods) than we can eat. The only thing I've tried is to blanch them and freeze them. We really don't like them all limp though so the frozen ones never get eaten. Does anyone have an idea of what I can do with them? Do you have recipes...

Not Southern California, not Northern California, we've got the best of two worlds. The California Central Coast ranges from beautiful Monterey to Santa Barbara and areas inland. We want chicken lovers and residents of this area to speak up and be counted. We have wine country, farms, ocean...

Our once "sweet" RIR hen (one year old) has developed a nasty habit. We usually take the hens a bowl of kitchen scraps once a day. When I walk into the run, the RIR flies into the air (5 feet) to get at the food. Yesterday, I went into the pen to clean up (with nothing in my hands) and she flew...

I have six hens, all good layers. The smallest of the flock, a golden-laced Wyandotte, has begun laying eggs with very rough shells. It is like they are covered with sandpaper. She takes a long time to lay them (at least an hour). It can't be very comfortable for her but I haven't gotten out the...

We have six hens that we would like to keep for their entire lifetimes. Somewhere I read that a healthy hen has the capacity to lay a certain amount of eggs (300-400). Anyone out there know where to get this information?

I feel like I'm being blackballed from BYC. Honestly, I don't abuse the "Post Response" button. I'm always polite and I try to be helpful. But when I push the "post reply" button nothing happens. Is anyone else have problems? Is it a busy time of day, or what?

I have been experimenting with cooking hard boiled eggs to see if I can find a way to make them easier to peel. These are the things I've tried but I don't see any difference in the outcome. They still are a nightmare to peel. Eggs are at least a week old. Bring to room temperature before...

My 5 1/2 mo Wyandotte is lethargic. Hanging out alone in the back of the coop. She has what feels like a hard esophagus. Can't see anything caught in it. Her crop has very little in it. Comb is very dark red and she seems hot (even though it is cool here). Anyone out there that can give me some...

I need to get serious about trapping some skunks and opossums that hang out around my coop at night. We've had good luck using chicken parts for raccoon traps but have not been able to trap skunks and opossums. O.k. you experts, what do I use?

I'm collecting pictures of chickens doing something with other chickens? For example: grooming, sleeping with, keeping warm, climbing on something, running, flying, etc. You people have the best pictures of chickens I've ever seen. Please share!

New Egg Obed2010 has a chick that suddenly has lost the use of her legs. Can someone please give him advice? I am not an expert on chick diseases but feel bad that no one has responded. You can read his post at: https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=2311844#p2311844