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Looks like an egg fart pushed out by a regular sized egg. Five year old Ameraucana.

Last week my husband went outside and interrupted a red-tailed hawk in the middle of attacking one of our drake magpies. The poor fellow got scalped (skull showing) and a few puncture wounds. We cleaned him up and tried some vet wrap on him and put him in a dog crate to keep him quiet and...

We took on 8 drake ducklings two and a half years ago. We wanted to use them for herding practice for the dogs and thought that it would be better not to worry about eggs - also drakes were easily available since anyone in her right mind would prefer females :) Life was great until the next...

We got 8 male magpies summer of 2010. They got along well until this spring when the testosterone kicked in. We ended up dividing them into two groups and built a duplex for them. Now they spend the days together but separate into their two groups for bedtime.

Our girls (Ameraucans/EE) are almost one year old. This week one of them popped out this tiny egg.

I am a chicken newbie. We raised our first 6 girls from day olds and so far everything has gone well (knock on wood). They are now giving us 4-6 eggs per day, which is plenty. We built a log cabin coop with attached run for them and while it is big enough for 6, I wouldn't want to push more in...

Anyone else on this list using Magpie ducks for herding? We got our first ducks this summer from our herding instructor. 8 males. Lovely boys. They have their own home and yard. We move 4 at a time in a dog crate into the fenced yard for practice. Right now we have snow fencing to close off...