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Last winter my hen hatched an egg from a BBS Blue Amerucauna Rooster and a Welsummer hen. The hatched hen started laying an Olive Green egg this spring but every other time it has speckles on it, is this possible? I’ve heard a hen lays the same egg each time so I’m confused, I have no other...

Yeah I think that’s what happened. I’m not sure if she was egg bound or reproductive issues but something along those lines… on top of the frigid temperatures and she wasn’t eating or drinking. It’s unfortunate and I don’t think I was equipped to handle it but I did what I thought was best at...

Thanks for all the replies! Unfortunately, she passed away. I think I should have taken her out of the coop yesterday. I wish I did more.

I have a Mystic Marans almost 5 months old that acted like she wanted to lay an egg and was in the nesting box all day yesterday. This morning she was in a nesting box, her comb is black, and she’s extremely lethargic. I put her in an epsom salt bath for about 20 minutes removed her and kept her...

I have an Olive Egger that started laying about a month ago. She laid an egg every other day, sometimes 4/week. She hasn’t laid an egg in 2 weeks??? What is going on? She’s not sick, doesn’t free range, hatched Apr 21.!?? Should I do anything to promote egg laying? Never seen this before?

I now have 2 roosters in my coop along with 14 hens. I introduced a young cockerel along with 5 hens over the summer. They all free ranged 90% of the time. The two flocks would free range together during the day and then go to their separate cops to roost. Eventually, I would take the younger...

I have 4 pullets ready to lay any day now. The last week I have gotten these 3 eggs which I know are from new layers, but is it the same pullet who laid all three or do I have a couple different new layers. I have a Welsummer, Blue Amerucauna, a BCM x EE cross and a Wheaten Maran x EE cross. Who...

I‘m not looking for someone to sex them ….. curious if the different style wings is indicative of something?

Not sweating it, my broody hatches twice a year…..just never seen chicks like this with such short wings

I had a broody hen hatch six baby chicks on Sept 30th. The eggs were from a friend of a friend so I don’t know the breeds but she thought she had a Black Copper Marans Rooster. Anyways as I was watching them today I noticed that small of them have tail feathers and some don’t…. Some have large...

I have a hen who has been sitting on eggs for two days. She’s a great broody hen and mother. I swore I would never raise baby chicks again I would have her do it. Well I got super excited and ordered some Amerucauna baby chicks that are supposed to be arriving this Wednesday. I was wondering if...

Wow that’s a beautiful bouquet of eggs!!....

Your egg colors are beautifu, what kinds of chickens do you have?

You should start a thread!