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    BC Marans laying lighter brown eggs?

    Our French black copper Marans, Belle, stopped laying, (or so we thought), however I discovered her in the nesting box for almost 2 hours the other day. The result was a lighter brown egg. This egg of course could have belonged to a couple of our other girls. Do the Marans eggs get lighter as...
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    Wet butt

    Our two-year-old bielefelder has had a rather wet butt for the past few weeks or so. She seems normal otherwise. She is eating well, and is still laying eggs. Can anyone give me an idea of what might be causing this? If it is a problem or potential disease, I want to nip it in the bud (or butt)...
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    How to best break a broody hen?

    So I have a lavender Americauna , who has gone broody. She is sitting on unfertilized eggs as we haven’t got a rooster. I am trying to just remove her from the nesting box periodically during the day so that she can get food and water, as she will sit, even after there are no eggs, as we’ve been...
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    Molting hen exhibiting strange behavior

    Our egger has been going through a bad molt and has been miserable. Today when we let her out of the coop she began walking in a small circle and hasn’t stopped for at least 15 minutes now. She has been eating sparingly over the past few days.
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    Love my hens! Am happy to be here!!

    Hello friends! I live in Redwood City, California, and have had backyard chickens for the past eight years. Have just lost a couple of chickens due to illness and old age, so I am adding several new pullets to my flock. I’m always full of questions as every chicken is different! So happy to be...
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