My barred rock laid a gelatinous yolk. What in the world? She hasn't laid an egg in a few weeks. She has been in the box, but not laying. In fact, she hasn't laid since her bestie went broody almost 4 weeks ago. She's been treated for mites. There have been electrolytes in her water for a week...
My family got me a chicken coop for Christmas (after lots of research and long discussions about adding backyard chickens to our life). The kids (13 and 9) are SO excited to get chickens, but I am trying to make sure we do our research, first. Our coop says it will house 3-5 chickens...