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My free range flock of 6 hens and 1 rooster, most of the hens are less than a year old. Usually the yolks had been very large but sometimes lately they are less in size. Today one of the eggs had just a white yolk. Any ideas friends?

I recently had an egg without a yolk. I have had some with small yolks but this is a first. Any ideas?

I'm from jacksonville Florida. Lets listen to the Cards whip the Dodgers. We can talk about the chickens later. Go Cards. Go Wainright. Shut em down.

I just have the Sexlinks. Over the past 6 or 7 years I have had a variety of different birds, Plymouth Rocks, Rhode Island Reds, Etc. I had some ups and downs with them as far a what you mentioned, molting, time of year,parasites, diet etc. I have never got any good production out of the...

About 2 years ago I replaced my free range flock with 3 Sexlink chicks. I have never been happy with egg production. Summertime it was maybe 1 egg every 2 days, now it slacked off to maybe 1 every 3 or 4 days. They only are out to free range for a couple of hours in the afternoon so I am sure...

Neighbor has several different chicken hens. No rooster but has one Guinea male that has been mating with one of his Barred Rock hens. She now is sitting on a clutch of eggs. Are they fertile? If they are, what will he get?. Will the be some sort of hybrid?

I live in a rural part of the city and have a flock of free range chickens. My neighbor built a coop and purchased 4 almost full grown hens. The first evening after dark his family dog somehow managed to get the door open to the coop and killed one of them. The dog who had been fed a couple...

I guess she may be somewhat underweight. Could be she was by far the largest and fattest before this and just is not showing. The way she just picks at food she should be skin and bones by now. I think when this all started she may have been laying eggs with very little shell. There would be...

I have several free range chickens. One hen who is about 3yrs, has not been acting normal for about a month now. She barely eats but does not show a significant loss in weight. She can run when she wants to, but usually just stands around by herself. Not sure if she is laying, but probably not...

Thanks to everyone for all the information and ideas. My ratio has always been 1 rooster to 6 or 7 hens. They are in the coop together all day until I get home in the afternoon and let them free range until dark. I have never seen the roo even attempt to mount the hens while in the coop. In my...

The younger ones are not laying yet but he still has his way with them as well as the older hens. It just seems he gets a lot more agressive with her because she lays flat on the ground. He stays on top for sometimes over a minute and just keeps pulling on top of her head. The other hens he is...

I have an establised rooster, three hens, and three hens about six months old. They stay in the coop until I let them free range in the evenings when I get home from work. All is well when the are in the coop. One of the established hens decided recently that she dosen't want the rooster to have...

I am from Northeast Florida, Southside in Jacksonville.

My girlfriend of over a year now wants us to get an apartment together. I told her it would have to be a place where I could have my chickens. She said the chickens were not welcome. I am now searching for a new girlfriend.

From jaxneptune in Jacksonville Florida. I just joined a week ago. Put me on the list.