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I only have 3 hens laying right now and for the past few months they have only been laying eggs with meat and blood spots. They are almost 2. Is there anything I can do about it?

Please let me know what you think. 1-4 were 7 weeks old yesterday. 5-10 are 11 weeks old this wednesday. In my very inexperienced opinion, all are pullets except 3,5 and 6...

I have been interested in getting goats now for quite a while now but have procrastinated as I really don't know how to get into it or what I am even looking for. I browse the classifieds and am so overwhelmed, I don't even know where to start! So, if someone can help me narrow it down that...

I have 3 rabbits. One I've had since she was 8 weeks or so and the others I caught in my skunk trap a while back. Anyways, my original rabbit started lactating about a month ago, and is still lactating (not pregnant, never has been). I checked the other 2 today and they are also lactating. This...

My incubator is a still air homemade (thick styrofoam, not a purchased one) that was built by my dad. It isn't sealed the greatest but does the job. Anyways, along with a little air flow through the seals, the lid doesn't fit perfectly just sort of sits on top. Then on top of that I have many...

I'm having a hard time grasping the concept of lockdown and why it is important. When a hen is sitting on eggs and it comes down to "lockdown time", she doesn't raise the humidity to 70 (or whatever) and obviously in the last 3 days she has to get up and eat/relieve herself..so why is lockdown...

I am almost on day 10, and noticed last night that 3 of my eggs have black floating blobs that move as I rotate the egg. There are maybe 1 or 2 veins left in them and the rest looks like a dark burgundy just floating around the extremities of the yolk, although it doesn't look like a blood ring...

One of my eggs (had a detached air sac too) had a dark red blood ring, so I cracked it open, and this is what was in it . Does it appear to have died a while ago? Is it normal for it's head to have that bubble coming out of it? Poor chicky

So, i'm just about ready to set my eggs in my home made incubator (still air). I've been playing around with it for a few days trying to get the temp and humidity right and I think I am there. I have a Raytek minitemp heat gun that is +-1.5 degrees accurate, I have put in a few store bought eggs...

Hi everybody, One of my roosters ( almost 2 year old Cochin) has been really sick for the past 3 weeks or so. I've tried googling his symptoms etc but am not having much luck with it. His symptoms: -bright green poop -cut/bleeding comb that is partially black, wattles have thick crusty stuff...