Two days in a row, one of my girls is laying eggs with a thick yolk. The first time I thought I had not noticed a crack but today I am sure the egg was fine. What could be causing this gummy texture?
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Can anyone guess what my breed mix my two chicks might be? I was advised they are Easter Eggers (Australian).
Do I have two pullets?
Any idea on age? The photo with the chicken being held was taken in April by the breeder and I guess around 8 weeks old? They are still quite small birds...
Hi! I'm a little on the bench about whether my Aussie Easter Egger is a boy or girl?
10 weeks old exactly.
Apparently a cross between, Australian Lavendar Araucana, Cream Legbar, Maran and something else 😄
I have had some very obvious boys but this ones back feathers are not so straight...
Thank you. I was unsure if she had a viral issue but there is no gunk at all and it s neither progressed or reduced. We have a large caged coop 6m x 4m and she has been placed in her own caged area within the coop.
She is the head hen. Bossy and big bt now that I think about it, it did happen...
Hi just an update on my flock. My coop cage is identical to yours and I found my big girls were territorial. I would let them all out on the grass whilst supervised and feed them oats(their fav) near each other. Eventually (it took a couple weeks), I would see them foraging near each other with...
Hi, I'm hoping for some opinions on what could possibly be wrong with my hen. Presented yesterday with one eye a little extra "open". I dismissed it as she was very much her talky bossy self. Today she is lethargic, sleepy and the eye looks wrong. She is otherwise eating and drinking and staying...
Its winter here in Australia so the SLW has stopped laying. This blue egg appeared in Autumn... just wondering what surprises I have in store for spring if any?
I have an hen that lays Olive green eggs. A Silver laced Wyandotte that lays a cream egg and a blue laced wyandotte freeholder. 😉
They are all 9 mths old.
A few weeks ago I found a blue coloured egg rather than an olive.
Can I safely assume something went wrong with my olive laying hens ink...
Thanks for everyone's replies. From what I found, the biggest difference came when I let them all out of their yard together to free-range in my yard. At the detriment of my veggie garden 😅 but... all 6 stayed near each other as they explored and that evening... magic 🪄 they all went into coop...
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I know this has been discussed quite often but I am now over the 2 month point and its getting tiring.
I have 3 x 9mth old hens. And 3 x 5mth old girls. They were integrated 2 months ago.
The 3 older hens will NOT let up and chase the young ones all day. I have separate feeding areas...
This is exactly the timing I have had! The birds were healthy and happy and I began integrating the two flocks for a couple hours each day. Its been a good month but the smaller ones (the two affected) were picked on and I have been spending a tremendous amount of time with them to no avail...
I'm assuming due to symptoms of the first pullet from a couple weeks ago. She started limping, progressed to unable to move legs within a couple days and we found her in the splits position. She was put to rest humainly 💔
Now our next girl showed trouble lofting one wing. Its been two days...
So it's happened. I purchased 4 little ones from a breeder and have lost 1 and now another is acting sick. All are 3 months old.
These little girls are separated from my big girls who are 6.5 months old but have shared the same free range area.
I do not want to lose my big girls 😩💔 and am...