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last night I discovered that our black Australorp (about two years old) had what appeared to be the remains of a egg shell membrane protruding from her vent. She was already roosting with her sisters so I removed her from the coop and have her isolated. About an hour earlier, I had observed her...

What's the latest time of the day your hens lay eggs? We have 5 laying hens. One of our Easter eggers is usually the first, usually before 9:00 am. But our black Australorp is usually the last, sometimes not until after 3:00 or 4:00 pm. It doesn't really matter to me, but I had read someplace...

We have been feeding our hens Kalmbalch All Natural feed (17% protein). Is this a good feed? I am just curious what others are feeding their birds. Ours seem to be doing well on the Kalmbalch, although I suspect they are feather picking which some have suggested may be the result of a protein...

I joined this forum while searching for information about feather loss our hens are undergoing right now. They have been loosing feathers around their vents and rumps--one is missing feathers on her lower back next to her tail (see pix). We have inspected them for mites/lice but haven't seen any...

This is our first year of raising Hens. Our girls have been laying since August and I still love seeing this in the next boxes. It's like Easter Morning everyday!

Hello Everyone! I am new to this forum. My wife and I began raising chickens last spring so our ladies are now a year old and we have been loving it so far. We have 5 hens (two Rhode Island Reds; two Easter Eggers; and one Black Australorp). We got our chicks from RP Home and Harvest on Easter...