Recent content by Nikole

Thank you! Unfortunately I’ve already flushed her, this is what was recommended last time it happened. The hens are on commercial layer feed and have oyster shell available at all times. I did find a worm in some poop so we treated everyone for worms. We also realized the first time this...

sooo a week and a half ago my hen had a broken weak shell egg sticking out of her Vent. I got it out successfully and flushed her and kept her inside. Fed her eggs with tums on top for a few days. She successfully laid an egg the other day so I cleaned her up and sent her back outside. She had...

Thanks. Any ideas what would break an egg and stack the shell that way?

We had a hawk attack yesterday. I believe only one hen was injured so she’s inside the house mending. Other two are out in the coop/run. So obviously yesterday was very stressful. Today is gorgeous weather so there even more upset being locked up than they would be. They went on a food strike...

We got another egg a couple days later (yesterday). So tiny and cute. Thought she was laying one today since we caught her in the box but came back hours later and nothing.

She laid her first egg! Was no good though. Soft and fell apart.

Hey. New member here. Pretty new to chickens too. Got our first pullets in May. Very small flock of four in New Haven.

Thank you. Fiancé is heartbroken. Omelette is his favorite. But we can't have roosters here.

Thank you. I wasn't planning on switching yet because we have a chick several weeks younger. I did buy the oyster shell and put it in the run for them though.

Thank you. I was afraid of that. I wonder why everyone was so sure it was a pullet a few weeks ago.

Cuckoo Marans and a Splash Marans all about 19 weeks. Cuckoos have been red for several weeks and have grown waddles. (Splash has very little waddle and pink skin) One now does the squat. And I added some straw in the nest area and the one who squats went in and moved it around and made a crater...

Hey We are a family of four living in new haven Connecticut. Small flock of four; we have a limit of six and no roosters.

This is Omelette. Came from a classroom hatch. Got the chick at three weeks and was supposed to be temporary but we decided to keep it. I've posted in a few fb groups in different contexts and everyone has said barred rock pullet. Now I have people insisting it's a cockerel and not a barred...

Hey. Brand new here. We live in a pretty large city, just outside the city and have a small flock of four, limited to six. Mom, dad, and two kids (girls 4 and 2). We also have a dog and a cat.