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I appreciate the advice. Thanks. I'll be picking up a rooster this season. I do have a nice shelter. When the temp drops I use a heat lamp in their coop. I've been through two winters so far and have never lost a bird to the temperature. I did have a small amount of frostbite on one or...

Agreed. Saturday night I had 21 birds: 4 Americauna ( 1 of which was laying the highly sought out blue egg) 4 Barred Rock 1 Cuckoo Maran 2 Buff Orpington 3 Astrolorp 7 Reds, 1 of which is a sex-link I got from a farmer with the cut beak. poor thing. After the massacre, I have 11 (I...

Sunday morning we were visited by what my wife believes is a coyote. 11 of my 21 birds were either killed or have disappeared. I free-range the birds, so live free - die free, of course. We live in the Republic of New Germany - also known as the former state of New Jersey. Coyote...

The bird that laid the egg is approximately 2 years old. I believe it was one of my RI Reds. I was wondering if the egg may have had a slight crack in it that wasn't noticed by me when I collected the eggs. If it did have a crack, maybe the whole thing just kind of spoiled.

The bird that laid the egg is approximately 2 years old. I believe it was one of my RI Reds. I was wondering if the egg may have had a slight crack in it that wasn't noticed by me when I collected the eggs. If it did have a crack, maybe the whole thing just kind of spoiled.

I was awakened at 7:30 by a phone call on my mobile phone from my wife downstairs. All she said was, "A fox is outside killing your chickens." Moments later I arrived in the back to find the predator had vanished. There were bodies and feathers everywhere. Of 21 birds the night before, Only...

5 eggs from 10 hens.....but mitigating factor....yesterday a fox (or coyote) killed 11 of my 21 birds. So, just getting one egg would have been impressive.

OK, that's new to me. I though meat spots were much smaller - closer to specs. This one has some definite chunkiness to it. I've had blood spots before, but this little chunk of meat kind of threw me. Plus the albumen was all tea-colored. I suppose a blood spot worked it's way into the...

After a thousand eggs or so, one of my little producers delivered this. Any comments that help me determine just what is going on here would be quite welcome

After 2.5 years and maybe a thousand eggs, one of my girls produced this. Looks like something meaty in the yolk and it's pretty red. I've seen blood spots before, but never a case where the albumen is discolored. This one is like the color of tea. I've done a five minute search and not...