Are the shells thin or are the chickens abusive. It sounds like the feed is right. I started getting cracked or broken eggs so I put a wood egg in each of the nest and pick up the eggs more often, my problem was solved. I do keep the egg shells we consume and feed them back to the chickens in...
If u plan on locking them up in the coop at night, they should be ok. I am assuming the wire is smaller than chicken wire.like 1 inch X 2 inch. Not sure about ur ground level security. Critters could dig under coop fence. Coons can pull a chick through chicken wire. Opossum and skunks can get...
Roosters crow, hens cluck. Had a couple of hens that sounded like turkey, but never had a hen crow. If u believe the old story about roosters crow only during the day, u will have a real SUPRISE when the rooster crows at 2AM. Our Americauna would crow any time, day or night.
The black bird in the second picture looks like a Black Sex Link. I have some that have more brown to them, almost like half the bird Is brown. Same short comb and waddle.
butchered hen. When I opened her up by the vent large quantity of water flowed out. Opened her more a found small white lumps on her intestines. Liver looked ok. Looks like intestines are blocked. Any idea what she had and how to treat it's?