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We have a year old brown leghorn hen, it has only layed one egg early on around 22 --24 weeks. It hasn't layed since, as far as we know. Her abdomen is hard and doesn't seem to be interested in eating, she is a loner when she is free ranging. When she sits on the roost she is very still and...

I'm not sure where to ask a question about eggs. But, I decided to try this section. I cracked an egg and I got a fishy smell from it. I don't know what would cause it, could it be rotten? How long can an egg sit in a nest before it is collected? We usually gather eggs a couple of times a...

I noticed yesterday when I offered vegetables to the chickens that one of the chickens just stood on the roost and would not come down. I went to the chicken and offered it to her. She just stood stiff and would not move her head at all. Then when the chickens were going to roost in the coop...

For the past 3 or 4 days we have been finding two weird eggs under the roost, either late at night when we go to check on them and then this morning. It looks like they are being laid while they are on the roost, and they are right together like the same bird is laying them. The chickens are...

How do you get20 week pullets (5 of all different varieties) to accept and integrate with 9 week chicks, one is a BO hen and the other a white Leghorn rooster. Today we put them in the run with the the older ones and the poor buff got pecked on her beak so that there was a bit of blood, and she...

I would like to keep my chickens as much organic as I can. Does anyone know if I should be giving them any type of feed? I've been giving the chicks a Nutrena grower/starter, and just switched the 19 week pullets to a Nutrena layer crumble, are these considered organic? I'm not sure about...

We got our first egg yesterday. Yay! It was a very light brown, almost white. Then today we got a second egg, a darker brown. Both were not very large, but still nice looking. My question is... Can one pullet lay different colored eggs, or are we having two pullets lay? Our chickens are...

My DH is just about to put in a pop door, but because there is a window above it, we thought we could slide it sideways instead of up and down. In looking at some of the pictures and trying to read about pop doors, it looks like most go up. Is there a reason for that? And does anyone have any...

I remember reading that someone used some plastic bins of some sort as nesting boxes. Does anyone remember who wrote about them and where they got them? Is that a good idea for easy cleaning? Any ideas for nesting boxes would be appreciated, I'm a newbie.

We have 6 chicks and are trying to get a coop and run built. I've been looking at all the designs and info on BYC. I decided that there was so much going on and info to learn that I would go ahead and join in on the fun.