We have a Australorp hen, about 1 year old, that has never laid a normal egg. We got them in June this year, all the other Australorp hens which are the same age, are all laying perfect eggs.
For the last few weeks, once a week, we would find a broken (after being stood on) soft shelled egg...
We have 2 broody hens at the moment. As first time chicken keepers we are not 100% sure on what is normal.
Some of the eggs have started hatching under the one girl today, but she hasn't been off the nest since yesterday to eat and drink.
She is quite stubborn and we needed to physically...
Would appreciate any opinions...
Had a perfectly healthy, as far as we know, light Sussex hen suddenly die this morning. There was a bit of a commotion in the coop this morning and when we went to open up, she was sitting breathing heavily and gasping for air. Her comb was very dark and 15...
Hi guys/girls Been lurking on the forum for a while, decided to join.
New to chickens, busy building our coop.
Great forum, looking forward to being part of BYC