My 2 year old australorp molted, layed 20 eggs then stopped. She looks healthy and behaves normally with great appetite etc.
She goes into her nesting box daily and spends some time but produces no egg.
The only unusual behavior is that she mounts my other hen many times a day. I’ve read that a...
My Easteregger finally laid an egg at 8 months old. A few days later I found egg yolk in her poop. I posted that in the emergency/disease section.. some thought it was just a young hen working out the plumbing and others were concerned it could be egg yolk Peritonitis. I kept an eye on her and...
my easteregger just started laying. She laid a perfect blue green egg a few days ago. This morning I found poop with yolk in it and she has a messy bum. What should I do?
Last week I noticed white area on comb, did some research and started treating for favus with anti fungal cream. This week the dark spot appeared.. don’t know if it is fowl pox and if so, how to treat it. Pullet is active and behaving normally.
my journey to chicken mom began when a friend purchased 3 chicks at a feed store as a surprise gift for her daughters at Easter. It didn’t Take long for her to realize what that really entailed. Soon they were in my living room under a heat lamp and I haven’t looked back! They are now 13 weeks...