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One of my hens has started eating her eggs. I mean as soon as she lays it she starts in on it. I give them plenty of shell and feed. It sounds like its mean to trim there peckers, but the only thing left to do is the Chickens and Dumpling way. I love Chicken and Dumplings.

I think part of my problem is over feeding ?? I get a lot of double yolk eggs that might create a problem for the vent ?? The temp here has been in the 60s and 70s so no frozen water and they have plenty of it. I might have them a little crowded. I want to turn them loose and let them out of...

Thats the first place I started looking. Thanks anyway.

Just an update on my problem. I went out to the chicken yard yesterday (Sunday), and had a couple of chickens being picked on. The other chickens were running up behind them and pecking at there butts. One looked terrible and was bleeding and another was looking bad. I seperated them out and put...

I said I looked them over, it wasn't there own blood. I think it came from the dead hens even though at the time they didn't seem to be injured. Everything is alright this morning.

We don't have Mink or Weasel around here, I don't believe it came from the outside of the yard.

Hi, I went out in my chicken yard about 11AM. I had 3 Chickens with blood all over them up around there heads and necks. I mean quite a bit of blood. I looked them over but couldn't find out where it came from. I had a few bloody eggs that I blamed on cold weather and young hens just starting to...

Hi you all, Doyle here, in my first post I introduced my self and I have 18 white leghorn and most of them just started laying. But some of my eggs are bloody. Its been kind of cold here in the 20 to 30 degree range. That coupled with being young hens just stared laying could be the problem...

Just white Leghorns. I got them the eggs and as hot as it gets in the summer months here. I'm located on the west side of the Southern end of the San Joaquin Vally. Thanks for answering.

Hello my name is Doyle, I started raising chickens about 5 months ago, some are younger. I just started feeding them scratch and adding a little oyster shell. I havn't been round chickens since I was a kid back in the late 40s. Back then the chickens fend for them selves except for what table...