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I have 10 hens of varying ages and 1 roo. All appear to be healthy. Within the last few weeks, I've cracked multiple eggs to discover that the insides are mixed and a bit watery, almost like the eggs were shaken. I'm getting about two per dozen like this! What is causing this and can I prevent...

I have two Barred Rocks hens and a bunch of Orpingtons of varying ages and colours: Black, Buff, Blue, and Lavender or Gray. I'm used to seeing light brown eggs. Imagine my surprise at finding a blueish green egg this morning! The farmer I bought my most recent batch of pullets from said they...

I have a flock of 15 geese and 16 hens/pullets. They all are in or just finishing a heavy molt. About two weeks ago, it got very cold pretty fast here. We lost a gander one night, and I assumed it was from the cold, because I had seen no symptoms of illness. A week later, one gander and one...

I have a flock of 15 geese and 16 hens/pullets. They all are in or just finishing a heavy molt. About two weeks ago, it got very cold pretty fast here. We lost a gander one night, and I assumed it was from the cold, because I had seen no symptoms of illness. A week later, one gander and one...

I have sixteen hens, eight of which are about 2 years old, the other eight of which have just started laying. In the past few months, egg production has dropped gradually to where I now get about a dozen eggs or fewer a week. I've had egg eaters before, and at first, thought that that must be...

Two days ago, I moved my six twelve-week-old chicks from an enclosure in our barn to the coop where they will stay permanently. Yesterday, I went out in the afternoon to discover one dead. She was out in the run area with the other chickens sitting around her. I couldn't find anything visibly...

We have two goslings under five weeks old. We are currently keeping them in a horse stall in our barn. It's in the 80s outside, but the barn is much cooler inside, so I've assumed that they are comfortable. However, the goslings started breathing rather heavily this morning and I'm not sure why...

We have two goslings under five weeks old. We are currently keeping them in a horse stall in our barn. It's in the 80s outside, but the barn is much cooler inside, so I've assumed that they are comfortable. However, the goslings started breathing rather heavily this morning and I'm not sure why...