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    Eggnomalies

    Hi friends! Our hens are all molting and I've been seeing some odd egg shapes and textures. One of the Sex Link's eggs today had weird stripes on it that looked like she was carving some kind of hidden message to me. The Easter Eggers eggs all have some weird bubbling stuff on the ends. And...
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    Roosterish hen

    Hi all, Our Crevecoeur is a mystery. When I first posted photos of her on here, most of you all thought she was a rooster because she's very upright and had more spiky feathers on her head compared to the other Crevecoeur, who had a more rounded head. She also acted like a rooster--very...
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    Missing toenail on broody hen

    Our Phoenix often goes broody (so annoying) and has been so for over a week. It’s been hot here, so I’ve been trying to take her out regularly to get water and food. Our chickens normally free range, but had to stay in their big run and coop today. When I went to check on them, I noticed that...
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    Missing feathers & shabby appearance

    Hi! I went out of town for three weeks and my daughter took care of our chickens while I was away. When I came back though some of them were missing feathers and look kind of shabby. One in particular is missing feathers on her neck and head and has a bare patch that seems inflamed/has a hard...
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    Egg boxes smell like death

    While I was out of town for three, my daughter took care of our chickens. But when I came back yesterday, the chicken coop smelled like death, mostly in egg box area. It was so bad I could smell it from a distance. We have two plastic egg boxes in a small coop (where we live it's hot most of...
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    Tiny red balls in poop

    Hi all, Recently I've noticed my hens have tiny red balls (like sand grains) in their poop. It happens whether or not I give them scratch (so probably can't be seeds they're passing). Other symptoms: some have balding heads and necks (although I haven't observed any pecking/aggressive...
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    Fowl pox, molting, sour crop and ???

    We seem to be having some multiple disease issues in our flock. 1) Yesterday one of our Crevecoeurs started acting strange. Standing in the corner, lying down, puffed up, generally lethargic. She had no injuries that I could see, but when I felt her crop last night, it was squishy and seemed...
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    Lethargic Crevecoeur

    Hi all! Our two-year old Crevecoeur hen has been very lethargic since yesterday. She just stands or lays down in the run while the other eleven hens free range. She has no visible wounds and none of the other hens are aggressive or pick on her. Background: *All of the chickens are molting...
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    Best backyard breeds

    We currently have 11 pullets and hens and are looking to add four or five more. We got chicks from Murray McMurray last time and were happy with our order. We're going to go in with other folks to meet the minimum order. The first date with the most variety is in June. Here's what they have...
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    She's an egg eater

    Hi! We have thirteen pullets and hens (who had stopped laying and started again after we got chicks) that roost in the run. Every morning one of the Black Sex Links or RIRs lays an egg right under where they roost. This wasn't a problem until someone started eating this egg. It's been three...
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    Easter Egger blue eggs

    Hi! We have two 9 month old EE pullets. They've both been laying green eggs (I've seen them in the egg boxes and we get two green eggs nearly every day). But today we got a blue and a green egg (see photo with RIR egg for reference). Do EEs consistently lay one color egg or does it vary day...
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    Crevecoeur bottom feathers

    Hi! This question is just for curiosity: our nine month old Crevecoeur pullet has odd, really long white feathers that look like strings growing around her vent area. I've an attached a photo of the pullet (she's on the left) and a close up of her feathers (they are even longer and more...
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    Jail break

    My DD is taking care of our mixed flock of thirteen while I'm out of town. I've been reading a lot recently about how intelligent chickens are and I definitely believe it. Ours are usually free ranged, but will be in our big coop and run for a few weeks and seem to think they have been sent to...
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    Princess Phoenix

    My daughter recently had her senior photos taken and brought two of our pullets to the studio with her. The photographer loves taking photos of kids' pets and even took some of himself with our chickens lol. I couldn't resist this glamorous shot of one of our Phoenixes. They are very lovely...
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    Broody Phoenix

    Hi! My eight month old Phoenix has gone super broody. I've tried putting her in a cage and also locking her out of the part of the coop where the egg boxes are. She goes completely nuts and I'm afraid she's going to hurt herself. I've never seen a hen so broody. We don't have any roosters...
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    Crevecoeur rooster

    Our Crevecoeur rooster is a funny little thing. He's almost 9 months old and still isn't crowing. I've even caught him sitting in one of the egg nesting boxes. He's flighty and gets picked on by the twelve hens and pullets (nothing bad, they just peck him if he gets too close). He's super...
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    Flying problem

    We live in suburban LA and three of our 20 week old pullets have been jumping over a wall that's 6ft on our side with a 10ft drop on the other into the neighbor's yard. Most of the time they somehow fly back up, but the neighbor isn't very friendly and if they're in his yard they're totally...
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    Coccidiosis or Mareks?

    Hi BYCers, One of my 20 week old Egyptian Fayoumis has been acting really strange today. She is very listless and has been falling over on her side. Usually she is positively hateful and won't let me come within six feet of her (permanent social distancing lol), but today I could get close...
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    Game cams with iPhone apps?

    Hi all! I'm looking for a waterproof game cam I can set up outside my coop since we've been having problems with raccoons and stray cats. I've never used one before, so would ideally like one that immediately uploads video like a Ring doorbell. Does anyone have something like this that they...
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    Phoenix first egg!

    We have 11 5-mon-old pullets (and two seven year old hens who have quit laying) and just got our first egg from one of the Phoenix! It's really tiny and cream colored. Yesterday she flew at me (which she never does) and seemed to guide me to the egg box and then it seemed like she wanted me to...
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