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I have a Black Copper Maran Pullett who has been quite the mystery. She layed her first egg about a month ago after at least a week of doing egg songs and wandering in and out of the coop. The egg was fine but the shell was overcalcified. A couple days later, she had a soft shelled egg. Keep in...

Thank you so much for your answer! I don't think many people have seen this, I posted it on my Instagram too and no one knew anything. This is a relief. And it makes total sense, we had thunderstorms and I think it was a stress response.

Hi chicken folks My Easter egger laid her first egg of the season and it was extremely bloody inside. The whole white was dark red and there was a large gooey red lump in it as shown in the image. The egg itself was oddly shaped, oblong, and had a streak of different color on the shell. I've...

Really? I've been raising chickens for many years and I've never had one this age stop for this long unless they were molting.

I'm having a similar issue. She's only 3 and was rescued from a battery hen factory a year ago. She's been feeling great and acting normal and has gained weight and was laying a lot until a few weeks ago. I'm looking for answers because I've never had a young one stop laying without a clear...

I have a 3 year old Red Star who was rescued last year from a factory farm. She had lots of broken feathers at the time and was underweight. Since then she recovered many feathers but didn't do a full molt in the fall. She was laying almost every day as normal. She hasn't layed an egg in a few...

It's not near the vent it was on the neck. It has since filled in so I'm not sure what was going on.

I have a hen who is definitely getting up in years now. I've had her 6 years, she was full grown when I got her. Anyway, she still is very active and spunky normally. I recently dealt with 2 problems simultaneously with her. We had a Northern fowl mite infestation which I treated with warm baths...

I've got a flock of 10. 9 of them came with me when I moved to city limits from an apple farm. On the farm they free ranged most days and grazed on grass all day long. Now that they are a backyard flock, grazing is very limited. I'm trying to get more greens into their diet but they're so...

I have 2 Cayugas and 2 Swedish ducks. One Cayuga has gone broody. One of the Swedish ducks we are 90% sure is a male. It's larger than the other 3, specifically its head, and has a green sheen to its plumage on its head like they say the males do. It doesn't have a sex feather but I've heard...

I did not even know about these, I just found some on Etsy and will get one, thanks!

I have a one year old hen (Autumn) who just went through her first molt. She has been balding on her head for quite some time. I do have a rooster and figured that was possibly from him. However, her back now is just balding without growing any feathers back.. she is growing just brittle...