My 2 Amerucaunas are producing eggs with circular bumps of shell material on the surface. Some are tiny and granular and come off if you lightly scrub them, others are fused into the shell. They have been laying for the last 3 months, and the eggs had a smooth surface for the first two months...
I'm posting this because I now have an answer:
I moved three 1 yr old chickens that were laying. Their new home was a big improvement over the old. The first resumed laying 1 1/2 weeks after arrival. The second took a month. The third took 6 weeks. So the answer is, it depends on the chicken...
So, one of my Brahma girls has had runny poop ever since I brought her home 2 wks ago. She's about a year old and hasn't yet laid me an egg, although her sister has laid four. Her comb is much lighter than her sister's too. Today I noticed her poop had small red "strings" in it. I'm assuming I'm...
I picked up 3 new chickens last week, among them two light 1 yr old Brahma hens. One hen, Rose, has a light pink comb/facial/wattle area. Her sister's is bright red. Now Rose has diarrhea - medium brown with a touch of green, like very thin pancake batter. She has a bit of staining on the back...