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    Dark Green watery mucousy gloop diarrhea

    Hey @hollytruitt - I hope you are still here. I see your post above was 3 years ago. I have a hen that is about 5 years old. Her poop started what it looks like in your picture above. It started about a month or so back but was a little darker green and small chunks in it. A couple of weeks...
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    2 Soft Shell Eggs in a Row?!

    @DocB Thank you for chiming in. It is good to know we have a veterinarian on board here. In @SJsChickies reply she mentioned out of all the chicks she has only one has the egg issue. Mine is the same. I have one young one out of eight of various egg laying ages with the egg issue. Would that...
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    2 Soft Shell Eggs in a Row?!

    I pray yours gets better and does okay. Other than the egg issue, mine seems healthy so I'll let nature run its course. Maybe it will get better over time but if not, I'm guessing she might have a little shorter life than normal.
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    Australorp broody AGAIN

    I have the same problem as everyone above. A California White that goes broody every two months like clockwork. I have no rooster and she has no eggs in her nest. She has always given up after about 21 days in the nest. This time she has been broody for over a month. Yesterday I started taking...
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    2 Soft Shell Eggs in a Row?!

    Here's an update from my September 10, 2025, post about my pullet with the softshell egg problem. About a week or so after the post it seemed like the softshell issue was improving. I did get oyster shell flakes and started putting it out during that week and continued the oyster shell grit...
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    2 Soft Shell Eggs in a Row?!

    Thanks for the reply @cktap62 . I have not given them kale. I treat them with cucumbers and some scratch grain and meal worms just for a couple of hours before roosting time. None of the others have the issue. And I agree that two eggs in less than 24 hours is weird and might be hard on her...
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    2 Soft Shell Eggs in a Row?!

    Same or similar situation here. A 6 month old pullet started laying eggs about a month ago. But she was dropping a soft shelled egg from the roosting bar at night. About once a week she would lay a hard shell egg in the nesting box. About half of the hard shelled eggs layed in the box are double...
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    Takeover Of Ants!!!

    Yeah, I think I killed a couple of hens with DE. I thought all DE was the same but it is not. I was using a non-food grade DE. I don't use DE at all anymore. Question: Will Borax hurt chickens? I use Borax for ants around the farm. I have avoided using it around the outside of the coop and...
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    What am I doing wrong???

    I cannot see anything from what you wrote that would be wrong. Temperature is the critical thing, but you have that right at 93. Personally, I would use wood shavings/chips rather than newspaper. I always use a poultry electrolyte/probiotic/vitamin/mineral mixed in the water for new chicks. It...
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    6 Month Cockerel Attacking 2 Year Hens

    @BigBlueHen53 the rooster was picked up by a friend this morning. After seeing the 3 huddled under the overhang at their door to the run with rain pouring down, basically afraid of being inside the coop with him, I decided it is time for him to go. Figured not good for their health with snow...
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    6 Month Cockerel Attacking 2 Year Hens

    Thank you for your advice and guidance. His soulmate is probably going to be depressed and feel lost for a bit.
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    6 Month Cockerel Attacking 2 Year Hens

    Thank you for the quick reply @BigBlueHen53. I had it set up to give the rooster to someone this morning but put that on hold until I got opinions here. I did not intend to have any roosters. My mistake at the farmers market. I'll never buy at one of those again. My intent was to get older than...
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    6 Month Cockerel Attacking 2 Year Hens

    There are lots of posts about aggressive and mean roosters here and each are unique which is understandable. I can't find one matching close enough to mine to make a decision what to do. I have 3 hens that are 2.5 years old raised from chicks. In June I made a bad mistake buying 3 chicks at a...
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    Possible Clostridium Perfringens?

    JessicaL2322 - If you are still here, did you find out the problem with the watery poop in the picture above and the solution? I have a hen that has had poop exactly like that for a while. She seems to feel fine and no problem eating and drinking. It has not spread to the rest in the flock. Must...
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    Possible Clostridium Perfringens?

    JessicaL2322 - If you are still here, did you find out the problem with the watery poop in the picture above and the solution? I have a hen that has had poop exactly like that for a while. She seems to feel fine and no problem eating and drinking. It has not spread to the rest in the flock. Must...
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