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Usually my 2 comet hens will take only a few minutes of "singing" to lay an egg; and they each lay an egg every single day, without taking a day off for the past 6 weeks. This morning I have one who keep bocking and then after about 10 minutes takes a few ragged breaths and starts again. Do...

I have 2 golden comets who have started laying in the past week. Most days 2 egg, (one each), but on a couple of days, I've had 3 eggs in a 12 hour period. The 3rd egg usually just has a membrane. I know there systems are just getting going, so there is a lot of variability in their egg...

I know . . . this sounds like a good problem to have. But, I have 2 golden comets who just started laying daily this past week. They have occasionally layed an egg with a membrane only or very soft shell; but some days I am getting 3 eggs/day from the 2 of them. The 3rd egg has only a...

We have a couple of pullets who just started laying this week. I have been placing a golf ball and ping pong balls(just one or two in each) of the nest boxes to give them the idea of where to lay. So the girls have been going in and out of the boxes and kicking the balls out onto the floor...

Sadly, this morning a dog somehow came into our totally fenced yard (owner was right behind him with a leash trying to catch him) and killed one of our 2 chickens. These were two very sweet golden comets that we were "borrowing" from a family member for the warm months while we are up north...

Hi folks, Our 2 little hens started laying this morning. I found one tiny egg with just a membrane (no shell) on the floor and another on the poop board -- no shell. I know their systems have to mature a bit to get up to speed with laying, but I guess it wouldn't be a bad idea to up...

We just got some beautiful little comets from SIL and we love them. They are about 15-16 weeks old. Pretty, friendly, and very funny antics: following us around, trying to get in the house, very curious about everything and run around our fenced in yard all day pecking, scratching and enjoying...

Hi all, We had a few girls for 4 years; and I used to stay up late late at night reading the forum and loving it! Then blankety blank predators got our small backyard flock; and we have been sadly without any for a while now. The yard has seemed strangely quiet and boring. No funny antics to...

We lost our flock in the fall to an unknown daytime predator. We went through the winter kind of grateful not to have to tend the girls in the snow/wind/cold. But now that it is spring, we are getting chick fever. We prefer bantams and can only have females in our city - no roos. In the past...

Hi folks, We just lost our girls to a predator this Fall and plan to go through the winter without any chickens. We are looking to get some more in the Spring and wondered if there was a bantam breed that were good layers and not frequently broody. We had 3 Ameracauna bantams, but they were...

Today's a very sad day. We walked the dog, let out the chickens to free range (as always) in our totally fenced yard and went out for a quick breakfast. We got home and found that our girls had been killed in the coop and then dragged out into the yard where there were more feathers scattered...

Today's the major clean out day that we do once a year--we use the deep litter method. Out with the old shavings and then wash everything down and reorganize the coop. So, what the heck makes all that dust?? Is it like chicken dander from their feathers or what?? Yikes!

So I am really bummed out. I am a school nurse in an elementary school where the kindergarten teachers always have some spring eggs in the incubator and the kids learn about chick development and candle them and watch them hatch etc before they go back to the farm. So one little one hatched...

I kept believe how our girls can see! If I am walking in a room by a sliding glass door and they are out in the yard, they will run across the yard (1/3 acre), fly up the deck stairs and come to the door. I don't even know how they can see from their angle! LOL. One will hang around bawking...

Hi folks, We have 2 bantam hens (our 3rd died in dec) and I will be retiring in June and have more time to be around the house and animals. My husband and I have been wanting to get a dog and this summer seems to be a good time. We have about 1/3 acre totally fenced in back yard and live on a...

I've been using sweet PDZ mixed with some shavings on the poop board and sprinkle some occasionally in the bedding on the floor of the coop. It's awesome with no smell and the poop is a breeze to clean as it dries up well. When we clean the usual 2 minute daily coop maintenance cleaning and...

My DH and I went on a week's vacation, leaving our girls in the care of our neighbors who have watched them in the past. We came home late last night to a beautifully hand painted card of a chicken with a note and a plant from our neighbor explaining that our little Princess died a couple of...

I have three 3 year old hens who started a hard molt in august and have not laid any eggs since. They are all feathered out now, but their combs are still pale. I have checked them out for lice, mites, etc., but don't see anything and they seem healthy. they never were very regular layers to...

We have three 3 year old hens who have just completed a hard molt and are feathering in pretty well now. Even when they were younger they never were very good layers and we only had maybe a most 5 or 6 eggs/week from the 3 of them -- and 2 of them would frequently go broody. We have not had...

I've been adding apple cider vinegar to the girls' water this summer. Suddenly the food/water area of the coop is loaded with fruit flies. We are talking a swarm! I also have had quite a few in my house on and off this summer. Checked on the internet as to getting rid of fruit flies in your...