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I have a hen that lays eggs with an excess of something sticky on her egg. Is this bloom? Happens about once a week

We have 8 RIR's. 6 months old. 1 rooster and 7 hens. Yesterday I collected 8 eggs. It is possible for a hen to lay 2 eggs in one day. I gathered 1 egg in the am and 7 eggs around 5 pm. We were shocked! Plus our hens all like to lay in one nest box when possible. We have 6 nest boxes. I really...

I am new here too. I have 7 6 month old pullets and one rooster same age. All are laying except Fanny who is a runt. Very tiny hen but she is healthy and happy. Will she ever lay eggs? Thank you. To the above question from jfarrel. Please buy the laying feed and provide seperate oyster shell...

Tonight, (our pullets are 4 1/2 months old) I believe I found the first egg in their run. A hen was pecking at it. It was small, light beige brown, and looked like a deflated balloon. A couple of days ago one hen was crowing the "egg laying song" all morning. They have a clean coop with an...

I am new and cannot find where to post a question. Today I came home to find one of our 9 RIR's killed by a hawk. I went out and shooed away the hawk. The chicken was lying under where the hawk was. The other chickens were safe under their coop. Daytime we allow them to free range in our fenced...