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Would she stop laying just because she is molting? One of them is molting and it may be her. What does it mean if she is egg bound? How do I know and how do I treat it?

My largest hen, a black australorp, has been laying for about a year and she lays humongous eggs, twice the size of her sister - almost every day. But, a couple weeks ago, she laid an egg with no shell. Since then, she went from 5-6 eggs a week to 1 a week. One more thing...... about 6...

i've kept them locked up for 2 days and nothing yet...... trying to be patient.

thank you Everyone for the encouraging words. I will keep them locked up for 2-3 days and see what happens. If no eggs, then I'll let them out and just wait some more. By the way, I just remembered something. Our Sex Link got very sick when she was 1 week old. We thought we were going to...

I have actually done the sitting out there and listening thing..... nothing. i can see one of them being a late layer. but, all 3 of them? seems strange. that's why i think i'm doing something wrong.

We have a 2 story coup and the nest box is in the top part. They really are only up there at night. I haven't seen them investigating it. If I lock them in for a few days, do I need to move the nest down to the bottom or is it fine up top? I haven't noticed them squatting, but I don't...

I have one sex link who is 22 weeks old and 2 black australorps who are (supposed to be) 26 weeks old. they free range all day and rarely go in the coop to eat their feed. could this be the reason they are not laying yet? i've looked all over the yard for eggs and haven't found any. we use...

Thanks everyone!

Just Wondering..... could it be a buff plymouth rock?

i bought the fertilized eggs off of craigslist and was told they were RIR. 8 hatched and all were RIR except this one. i called the seller and he said that a Buff Brahma egg must have gotten mixed in with my bunch.

This one is 15 weeks old; but did have a delay in growth around 2-3 weeks of age. i was told that it was Buff Brahma. Does it look like it? I know that Brahmas can be slow in developing. i thought this one was a hen, but i'm starting to think otherwise. (she's been ruffling neck feathers...

Thank you for the replies. I did put in a request for a quote from Modesto, but haven't heard back yet. I'll also check out Middleburg. Also, thanks for the advice on Kelp. i'll definitely lower that %. there's got to be places to get inexpensive organic feed ingredients, either locally or...

I've read lots of wonderful posts on here about making your own chicken feed and I've decided on the following recipe: Summer: soft wheat 16% hard wheat 12% oats 20% sunflower seeds 27% millett 10% field peas 6% flax 5% kelp 4% Winter: whole corn 9% soft wheat 15% hard wheat 13% oats 17%...

Does anyone know what this could be??? one of our 9 day old chicks has a large growth on his rear end. it has black pus-like stuff in it and looks like he's been chewing pieces of it off. it is marble sized and black. it's right under to the left of the vent. i separated him from the rest...

thank you for all of your advice. i think we are going to use the baking soda/vinegar method today. he is miserable and i can't stand to see him suffer like that. the only time he is happy is when we hold him.

Hi Everyone, Our 5 day old chick was perfectly healthy up until yesterday morning. then he started getting lethargic and now he has yellow diarrhea, which just sticks all to him. I keep cleaning him off. i read somewhere to open up a capsule of a probiotic pill and mix it with 2 cups of warm...