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Okay, thanks. I didn't realize that, again learn something new.

This may sound naive. I have I thought 3 hen - cuckoo marans. They are 2 years old. There have been days where I get 3 dark brown eggs. So imagine my surprise today when I saw spurs My goodness - there isn't anything else about this chicken that looks like a rooster? So wierd!!!

Thank you both. Maybe the limpness was normal. I found her pretty quick. Ah well, part of the care taking. Thanks

The eggs in the beginning can be rather odd. I think my first one was like a jellyfish. But I'm no pro. I am sure someone will respond who knows more , but I would not stress yet.

I just had a hen die, I think of old age but her neck was limp, so limp it seemed broken. Is this a natural state? I found her laying face down in the nest box. Nothing else looked suspicious. I did have a hen die a couple years ago, don't remember the neck being so limp. Just curious...

Of course!! I can't wait!!!

I have a Speckled Sussex who has been sitting on her nest over 2 months. Hatching a plastic egg. So far nothing has happened, but she doesnt't seem to be giving up hope. I take her out every night after the others go in, she eats, poops, drinks a little water and runs right back in. The...

I have a hen, Raven, ( here she is, don't know what kind of mix, but obviously part EE) who lays eggs the color of the far right. I just enjoy having the olive color in the mix.

Adding a comment in case anyone searches in the future needs follow up. The hens look alot better! Red combs, no more bloody butts, feather loss. This coincides with the weather improving and more time free ranging. I have been feeding them the gamefeed layer feed, about 9 days, and the...

Still getting the error message for me, but lucky I saw your post and went right to that. Glad its fixed for the rest of you, think I will visit later.

I think you may be right about all six of them, joining in. Oooops, I may have been caught up in the frenzy myself. But I do know who took the first bite, and she will be history. I will give the others a chance, its just been depressing. 20 chickens eat alot, and I would like eggs in...

Well I caught 6 of them. I think they have to go. Its not a good day here. All the others were out free ranging, and these ones were all gobbling up an egg. It was Awful. Not the ones I suspected either. Of course, they probably are in on it too, just weren't around. Shoot!!!

I will give that a try, thanks for looking and offering input. Will try any suggestions. It gives me hope to think a diet switch could be the answer. When I went to the feed store, the man said this is cannibalism. How enlightening. I have been searching for a "disease" or infestation...

Thanks Miss Lydia, I must have been updating while you were replying. I don't think it is just pecking. And, oops, I didn't consider her removal in the pecking order problem. Right now they are both happily gorging on tuna. I have been using the blukote, and its not getting any better...

Thank you for replying, I actually believed things were gettting better, and I was eager to let nature heal. But, today I went out there and she was bleeding again! So I took more pictures with her cleaned off behind. The blood seems to be coming from the top of the vent, which I don't know...

Okay, I have HAD it! Coming home to 4 -6 eggs from 19 previously productive hens, finding gooey yolk over the few eggs remaining is getting old. I am home two days and those days I get more eggs, so now I have to catch them. Caught one with eggshell on her beak, shes gone. But there must be...

This hen has been losing feathers on her rump, so have a couple others. I have been treating it with blukote, thinking they were picking on each other, the winter months, cooped up, rooster damage, etc. Just recently I have begun to think it may be mites or something, so I changed the...

Well said Knittycat!

Good observation, the EE eggs are stronger, that must explain why I get over half green eggs - out of 21 hens, I only have 6 EE'rs. And you are right about the winter. I think this started when I went on vacation and the gal watching the coop wasn't collecting every day, and the were bored...

I see this thread is a couple weeks old, but I ran across it because I am having this problem too, big time! I just spent some time in the coop putting covers over all the nes/;.t boxes, and wanted to thank Davaroo for the suggestion. Makes sense to me, chickens don't like to eat in the...