Thanks guys! After you told me the name I could google 'calcium deposits' and get images that accurately match my eggs :-D I am relieved it's not some gross parasite or something!
Hi thank you for your reply. I will search calcium deposist and see if they look the same. This is very clearly smooth looking, individual bits, unlike the rough, powdery look that some eggs get? I hope thats all this is!
Hi! I have four Astrolorp hens they are over 2 years old. My egg a few weeks ago had a wierd cluster of what looked like eggs in it... nothing unusual since... then this afternoon This egg was laid and I got it still warm as I did hear her lay it, the same kind of eggs on the outside. I would...
Yes Taco is beautiful, I think the purple colour is amazing I never seen a purple chicken before so I am amazed. The 3Rd chick looks like a girl too only has a very small amount of green sheen and white specks on her head, I'm quite confident that I somehow only ended up with 1 boy out of 5, my...
black chick 2 is named 'Taco' lol soooo pretty purple I'm STILL not 100% sure about this one, clearly it's brother is a brother so I've been assuming it's a girl.
I did google how to teach them how to use it etc it seemed quite straight forward but yeah.. This one isn't the best design it's a cheapy from eBay, I figured if it worked out I could upgrade later, but I never even considered the side part being an issue having never used one before, I usually...
I purchased one of those metal feeders that open when the chickens stand on the platform and close when they step off about 3-4 weeks ago. I started by putting the food in with the lid held open and then my 5 12 week old chicks figured out how to use it within 48 hours, but the 4 adult hens...
Hi so I need to buy new wormer for my chickens and I'm confused as to which to buy, I found Avitrol Plus Wormer Tablets which on some threads say it's great, but on the poultry supply website I found them on in the description of the wormer it says 'not to be used on food producing birds' ah...
Ok so Chancy is still moving much more slowly around the yard, but otherwise seems to be normal, I take her out and put her on the grass with the others in the afternoons and she does walk around just really slowly but today I noticed something awful, one of the other chicks (Delta) has been...
Also, I don't know why but Dendenne (the white one) is noticeably more heavy than the others now too they don't pick on each other, none are really behaving like roosters towards the others I am waiting to see if any jump ontop of exchanger or spar or strut around but so far nothing, Mr roo...
Black Chick 2
Black Chick 3 has barely any sheen it's feathers are mostly matte black and it's been ill so fell behind in size to the others but weight wise feels about the same it's doing better every day now I think, with all the effort to save it I really hope this is a girl
This is...
We named this one Delta so she needs to be a she? I'm pretty sure that her mother was grey/blue with black specks like this all over too.
Dendenne is a pain to get pics, this one is flighty and doesn't like being touched, it pecks at people all the others are snuggle boks..
Black...
Ok so these babies are now going on 12 weeks this week! @azygous they have turned out to be very friendly and cuddly thanks for The tips, I spent a lot of time just sitting close to them outside and now we practically trip over them while walking to the shed no issues catching them which is...