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  1. J

    This is really gross, but...

    My 19 month old production red backyard hen/pet pooped out this twist of tissue, about the size of a young child's pinkie finger, seen here on a trowel.. Yep, pretty disgusting, but what can it be? No blood present. Interestingly enough, she was showing signs of illness a few days...
  2. J

    Sick or obstructed?

    This 17 month old production red started wheezing intermittently three days ago. Very active, good appetite. She seemed well in the mornings, maybe a bit husky, and the wheezing got worse as the day goes on. Today she emerged from the coop wheezing and visibly laboring to breathe, eyes closing...
  3. J

    Hen lethargic, streaked clear mucus poop, after a week of laying wrinkled eggs

    I have a 13 month old production red layer with normal eggs till a few weeks ago, when she produced a couple of soft shelled eggs like a young pullet. One day she had the egg membrane hanging from her vent, which cleared up after a day. After that, she began to provide daily eggs that were very...
  4. J

    5 chickens and 8 eggs in one day!?

    I've got 5 Production Red pullets, laying for about two and a half weeks. Lately they have been diligently providing me with five eggs each morning. One per bird, as expected. Initially there were a few thin or soft shells, but for the past few days they seem to be your regular, garden...
  5. J

    Thin, puckered shell from new layer

    I've got 5 Red Production pullets about 19 weeks old and just starting to lay. The variety of egg shape, size and shell has been amazing. One gal has produced at least 2 eggs with a thin, puckered-looking shell. Could this be simply growing pains? She also has a hard time making it to the nest...
  6. J

    First egg a whopper

    Poor Madge! The smaller egg was a second pullet's first offering. Found it simply dropped from the perch early this morning and ice cold. Must've taken the newbie by surprise! According to the British Egg Information Service, the odds of a triple yolker are 1 in 25 million! Off to buy a lottery...
  7. J

    Pullet or cockerel...production red sex link

    The girls are 3.5 months old now and Madge has a noticeably larger and redder comb and wattle...what do you think?Here is her sister...same age The saddle feathers on all five of my flock all seem to be similarly non pointed. Is Madge just an early bloomer or should she be renamed Moose? Many...
  8. J

    What age can feeding be scheduled instead of free? (rat problem)

    I've got a little flock of five Red Production Layers, just over 3 months old. They have always had food available at all times. I've been keeping it in the coop so rats don't get at it. The hens are free to go in and out all day long. However, I have discovered that rats are indeed finding...
  9. J

    ten day old chick gaping her mouth and shaking head

    I'm a newbie, starting a five hen flock of Productions Reds. They are from a hatchery in the Pacific Northwest and I bought them from a third party. The chicks are twelve days old now and I've had them since day 2. They are under at heat lamp at about 90 degrees, fed chick starter crumbles...
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