Recent content by Happy Chooks

Agree. And another possible reason for broken eggs........skunks in your coop. I know this from experience.

Awww, thanks! Trying to pop in here every once in a while.

It's been a while! All is good, just busy with life. Hope you are well also!

Looks pretty normal. Most wry neck I've seen, their head is tilted up and back in a very wrong looking position. There used to be a great article here on wry neck, let me see if I can find it.

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When they are close in size. Put them together at night.

Could she be hiding them somewhere? They can also be sneaky that way. 15 years of raising chickens and last year I had a hen that figured out how to get into the attic of the coop to lay her eggs. That was a new one!

He is testing his dominance with you. Sneaking up behind you. He thinks he is above you and you are his hen. Pick him up and carry him around for a good while in front of the hens. Show dominance. Make him yield to you.

I don't handle my roosters, other than what needs to be done for their care. In rooster world, everything is about dominance. Who is top dog? So you have to act like you are top dog. I walk through my roosters, not around them. They yield in all circumstances to me. My roosters will take...

Likely not a feed issue. Age of the hen? If she is young, double yolk eggs are common in newer layers.

You might have luck on your side that they have gotten used to each other through the fencing. You won't know until you try. Age of the roosters sometimes matter, as does the temperament of the rooster. I've successfully integrated roosters into a flock with another rooster, and I've had...

Totally normal.

When chickens molt, they lose a lot of their body weight. Feathers are protein, eggs are protein. They cannot replace feathers AND lay eggs too. So even after the feathers have grown in, they have to get their body weight back to a healthy level before they can resume laying. Secondly, egg...

Agree that it's a minor crack and not an issue. I had one hen that for whatever reason laid her eggs with a swirl at the pointy end. Just her 'signature'. They are all different.

Some are just slow to mature. Good news is she is definitely a she.