I have been trying to curb my flocks appetite for their own eggs but I am fighting a losing battle. I have been trying to be very diligent in removing the eggs right away, but I am just not winning. I can never get in there quick enough. It would be easier if it were just a few birds but the...
I am a new rooster owner, I had not planned on owning any, but my 2 sliver laced wyandott "pullets" that I bought turned out to be 2 beautiful roosters. They currently reside in a coop with 9 pullets and are the same age (purchased them at the same time) about 4-5 months. I currently have 7...
Tonight i went out to check on my girls and one of my isa brown hens who is about 2.5 years old had egg white coming out of her vent. I pick her up and expelled the completely shell less, membrane less egg. Has that ever happened to anyone?
Chicka Momma
I am not sure if this is an emergency, but I wasn't sure where else to post it.
My lawn was treated last week by Trugreen. They were only supposed to treat the very front lawn where my chickens don't roam, but I think (because there are signs posted) they treated my back lawn where my...
In the past 3 months, I have lost 2 year and a half year old red orphingtons. I first noticed their combs were "pink" not red and slumped over. Within days, their bellies became enlarged and soft. I checkd both of them to see if they were egg bound and neither of them were. Their stool was foul...
In the past 3 months, I have lost 2 year and a half year old red orphingtons. I first noticed their combs were "pink" not red and slumped over. Within days, their bellies became enlarged and soft. I checkd both of them to see if they were egg bound and neither of them were. Their stool was...
I have a 4 month old americana who has been acting lethargic and sluggish for about 3 days now. When we first noticed her, she was laying in a corner of the coop with two other chickens laying around her. That day she could hardly stand on her own and wouldn't move on her own. We separated her...
Hello, I am only less than a year into raising a small flock of egg laying hens in Western NY area. Today my husband awoke to one of our white chickens with a bloody bottom/vent. She is moving very slowly around the coop and staying away from the other chickens. This is the 3rd hen to be...
This morning my husband went to check on the chickens and all 12 were going about their normal business. This afternoon, he found one of my white chickens (amber link - about 10 mos old) dead in the laying bay, no egg but bloody bottom. Was she egg bound???? Was she sick? Any info would be...