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Hello Helpful Ones! We have 4 chickens that will be 2 years old in April. 1 BO, 1 Aussie, and 2 Eggers. (We had 2 of each breed, but a fox killed a BO and Aussie last spring. :(} One of the Eggers has poop on her eggs about 25% of the time. While she has not been injured by the other girls...

Our 16 month Orpington started losing some (not a lot) of feathers a few weeks ago and has stopped laying. Is this possibly a slow and early molt? We were recently on a 6 day vacation, and a couple local farm girls did our chicken sitting. She was laying before we left. Would emotional...

First time chicken mama (Mommy Roo) and find myself hesitant/nervous to eat the first eggs that our Orpingtons and Australorps are starting to produce. Is this common or am I really goofy???

Hi! We are new to BYC. We are also new chicken owners. We have 2 Buff Orpingtons, 2 Austrolorpes, and 2 Easter Eggers. They are friendly and healthy, and everything is going pretty well. But I'm wondering about our choice of feed. We still have half a bag of Chick Starter Crumbles, but it's...