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One of our hens became lethargic today and I noticed something hanging from her rear. It came off easily... was not attached, more just stuck to the feathers. It's a hollow tube, the thickest part is a springy bulb. We discovered a poorly formed egg yesterday. Is this some kind of inverted...

We have two EEs, at least one of which is laying at 5 months. We were told that they were Araucanas, but they don't look like these. So what do we have here, other than two beautiful girls.

We have 4 hens, just 5 months old. Discovered this egg this morning.. and in spite of the obvious problems in the egg we were excited. Later we found a location in the yard with 9 eggs all well formed green eggs likely from one or both of our EEs. post #5385 I just switched to layer...

Hi, We have four 8-week old chicks who have been in the coop and run for a couple of weeks. They move freely between the coop and run all during the day, but toward evening, will roost in the same place in the run huddled together and stay all night, or at least past midnight, as far as I...

I noticed in this thread that people do take their chicks outside for supervised play and I would like some guidelines for letting them out. Our chicks are two weeks old now and are used to daily handling for weighing, and hand feeding of mealworms, oatmeal etc. We're having 80 degree weather...

I’m trying to get clear design guidelines for a new coop and run for 4-6 chickens. We’re in Pasadena CA so get hot and dry summers with occasional freezing conditions overnight in the winter. We do have predator problems as well as our own dogs and cats so the chickens will be, for the most...

Hi all, We're a retired couple in Pasadena, California with a large yard, good size vegetable garden and a pretty good space for chickens under an Avacado tree which provides afternoon shade. Jumping in with five chicks but still have to make the run and coop. I was going to start them in a...