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I have a 1.5 year old hen that just starting laying eggs with no shell. They aren't rubber eggs, but liquid. She's on layer feed, has oyster shell, no stress. She was laying perfect and then wrinkled shell eggs 6 months ago and then for 2 months no eggs before these liquid eggs. Everything else...

HELP....I have 3 hens (been laying 1.5 yrs) Live in the FL Keys. They free range during the day in the hardwood hammocks. RR is molting, Easter Egger lays maybe one a week (stayed recently with a friend, with an a/c coop, for a week and layed every other day) and my BR was laying eggs with...

My RIR is about 32 weeks. She started laying about 6 weeks ago. She laid 2 weeks, took a day off, then laid 2 weeks again. Then I found an egg with no shell and I found a dried up soft shell. And that has been it for 3 days. I checked her vent and all looks well. (New at this so I thought to...

My Buff Orpington has been having a terrible time with the heat and stopped laying 3 days ago. Today she said an out in the run (she's never done that before). I cracked open the egg and it was perfect, but it was laying in a puddle of clear albumin like liquid. Has this happened to anyone else...

My Black Australorp has been sitting in the nesting box for 2 days. When a shoo her out she will go to eat but then right back in. We have no rooster, just 2 hens. Is this brooding? She started laying about 6 weeks ago and has laid an egg everyday since until now. What do I do? Her vent is not...

I'm obviously new to this. My Buff Orpington started squatting a few days ago. She is also digging a hole in the corner and sitting in it. Her back side is pulsating and she pants. When I look at her vent it is really pulsating. If I get her attention she gets up and acts normal. She should be...

I received pullets via mail order. The Black Australorp only has a black stubble for a crown (hardly anything at all) and the Buff Orpington has a very small one and on the pinkish side. They seem to act fine. Is it because the are young? They were supposed to be between 15 and 22 weeks. I am...

I'd love to hear who else is raising chickens on our beautiful islands of the Florida Keys. Lets talk about the different environment and challenges we have. Conch Chickens

I'm a newbie to keeping chickens. Two pullets for laying are arriving Wednesday. They will not be free range as we have no soil in the FL Keys. Do I need to give them grit? I will be feeding them commercial laying feed and some kitchen scraps. I have Oyster Shells to offer them. Do you just add...

I'm interested in raising chickens, but where I live (Florida Keys) there is no soil. They will be on concrete and pea rock. Is this alright?

I'm new to raising chickens and I've just decided on a coop and getting 2 Buff Orpingtons. My question is...I live in the Florida Keys. My property has no soil. It is concrete or what we call pea rock. Will that be alright?