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We found this very wrinkled egg in our barn this morning. It is a normal sized egg (2 1/2 inches) but the shell seems thick and the egg might be slightly heavier than normal. As far as we can tell, all of our chickens are acting normal (i.e., not acting sick), and all of the chickens which might...

Introducing .... Red Coop News! This our family's latest fun project: a Chicken News Show! And other short videos about our silly chickens. :-) "Our host Annabelle introduces Scrap Network, Ducks from Heaven and The Lady's Roo ... with a special sneak preview of Beneath The Wood Panels."...

A number of our hens suddenly are suffering from bumblefoot (some bad, some not so bad). We never had this problem before, and the only things that have changed are: 1) we added ducks to our flock about four months ago. The ducks are messy so there's a lot more water/mud around. 2) About two...

We have a 6 month Easter Egger Roo, he's been limping and favoring his right leg for the last week or so. He doesn't want to put his weight on it. I can't identify any wound or injury, but it seems to hurt him when I touch the mid-lower part of the leg, or gently tug his toes. The injury seems...

Background: We've had seven Coturnix quail living in three cages. They are about 14 months old. One coop has one male and two females, the 2nd coop has one male and one female, and the 3rd coop had two females (one blind). They were separated like this a long time ago because of fighting and...

Our Showgirl went broody on a lot of eggs. Two had problems hatching and died. The mess attracted other hens, and they pecked at the eggs. So we moved the eggs to an incubator. The Showgirl stayed broody then tried to steal another hen's chick. That night a chick hatched and we gave it to her...

Our little buff cochin bantam hen hatched her first brood of chicks 2 weeks ago. She is a very good mama, but her bottom has lots of caked on poop on it from sitting in the nest for so long. Normally we would just give her a bath, but we don't want the chicks to get wet from her feathers. We...