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  1. JackieY

    hen laid an egg with no shell this morning, now she seems a bit "off"

    Hi all, My 6mo golden comet hen seemed a bit lethargic this morning, and then I noticed a big spurt of egg white under the roost - has to be hers, since my only other hen is an aracauna, and there was a blue egg in the nest box this morning. At midday and tonight she seemed off still - haven't...
  2. JackieY

    Hen laid brown egg with white spots... okay to eat?

    Whoa - cool collection! My spotty egg looks most like the one in your first picture. But the far right egg in the bottom photo is really neat looking - what breed laid that one??
  3. JackieY

    Maine

    Hi Mainers! Nice to see such a great group from our frigid state - gives me hope that my flock might make it through the winter! I'm in Durham, and I have three 23 week birds - one golden comet, one aracauna hen, and one aracauna roo. We originally ordered 6 chicks - hoping for hens - and had...
  4. JackieY

    Hen laid brown egg with white spots... okay to eat?

    Thanks so much! That egg is next up for breakfast, then. :) kbarrett, I hope your Goldie starts churning out delicious eggs for you soon. Maranfarmer563, good point about the manure - it was definitely not sitting in a pristine nesting box, so that could be it!
  5. JackieY

    Hen laid brown egg with white spots... okay to eat?

    Hi all! Lots of egg-citement here, as our two hens have finally started laying. The golden comet has laid about a dozen eggs, and the aracauna laid her first egg today! My question is about the egg my golden comet (creatively named "Goldie" by my six year old) laid yesterday. If the picture...
  6. JackieY

    Just getting started, and wondering what more experienced chicken keepers suggest...

    Hi there! We have decided to go ahead with our super small-scale chicken keeping plans, after waffling for many years. My husband is adamant that having 4-8 laying hens for bug control is contingent upon two conditions. The first is that they do not add too much to our farm chores (we have three...
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