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That chart link you sent was awesome! And her eggs looked like the brown speckled pic when she first started laying - so leading me to think it's a defective gland?? This is my first "experience" with backyard chickens -and its been rough- but is this the point where you would say "cull" if I...

No membrane at all. The albumen?(the clear part) starts coming out then the yolk as if having a bowel movement, not contained in anything. Didn't think that was possible!?! But she gets in her box, cackles like crazy as if laying normally, then splat. It has happened to her a few times while on...

One of my hens (a sex link cross Baltimore/Road Island Red) has been laying shell less eggs for the last 2 weeks. She is only about 8 months old. She did this some when she first started laying and I added oyster shell to their diet and it was back to shells but the last 2 weeks all of them are...

Update on Big Bertha. Finally gave in and took her to the vet. After doing a fecal, we discovered thread worms - there is a fancier name for them but my vet explained that that type of worm attacks the respiratory system and can cause them to cough like that. After 3 days of Panacur, the...

Need help! My girl started sneezing a few weeks ago. At first, it was just once a day? I thought it was just dust or just to clear her nose. Progressively got more frequent. Has now developed a gurglgy/congested cough. She is eating. Doesn't act sick. I have 2 others that have not showed any...