So one of my chickens laid this today. There's no soft spots. Everything's hard like an egg shell should be with the exception of the strange split. Does anyone know what happened here or what may have caused this?
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Here are two eggs that were laid this morning by my two Rhode Island Reds and now I have two questions.
1. Will the hen that laid this monstrous egg lay normal eggs again? Her eggs have been getting progressively larger over the past week. This one I know she struggled to lay...
Hi there! I have two ameraucanas who were hatched sometime in March (not sure when exactly). My question is what are my girls supposed to start looking like when they are getting ready to lay? I've noticed changes in their face (getting redder) but what is their comb supposed to look like? I...
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I was wondering if it's possible that my pullet's (24weeks) combs are changing colors throughout the day. Or is it my imagination? It seems to me that sometimes their combs are a bright red and then a little while later they are pale and then bright red again. They are only...
Here is my 23 week old Rhode Island Red Rooster (pictured at 21 weeks).
He matured much faster then my other pullets who are the same age as him. He was very aggressive with them and has tried to mount them when they just don't want anything to do with him right now. He was so bad with them...
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I am a long time reader of this forum and finally decided that it was time for me join all of you wonderful people. I am a mother hen to four beautiful children, 4 young pullets (2 -23week old, 2 19-20weeks old) and one obnoxious young rooster. I am now at that "waiting"...