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I have twelve Black Australorps and once they got past a year old the eggs got much larger

Has anyone had a chicken go from laying regular sized eggs to very small quail sized eggs? Also had a chicken lay an HUGE egg with 4 yolks. The yolk had a blue/green tint. These hens are all over and between 1 and three years old. Any thoughts on what may have caused this? Thanks for your...

Thanks to everyone for their input. In my search I ran across the following article which advocate using garlic to control internal parasites. YourLinkGoesHere http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1806628/worming_chickens_naturally.html?cat=5 Has anyone tried garlic? Thanks

Thanks for the fast reply. I read the instructions for Wazine and it had the following message: Do not use in chickens producing eggs for human consumption. Do not medicate prior to slaughter within 14 days for turkeys and chickens Does this means I will have to throw out any eggs laid...

Found this worm in one of my chickens poop this morning. I had been giving the girls food grade DE in their crumbles but it's been a couple of months since they've had it. Would DE take care of this worm or do I need to get a specific medication? Thanks for your help.

Has anyone tried feeding a higher protein ration in hot weather? I've read cutting back on carbs helps out layers in the heat and the higher protein helps keep up egg production. Thanks

That is interesting because we got a big rainstorm two days ago. It's also been very hot and humid so about two weeks ago I started supplementing their layer ration with a higher protein (28%) game bird ration.

I just gathered a very odd shaped egg today. It's almost pointed on one end and a little dented in the middle. It looks more like a potato than an egg. Anyone have any idea what caused this?

LOL...I have twelve hens that are one year old.

The flat shell seemed a bit thin. I do provide crushed oyster shell for the girls at all times and they have a large orchard to free range in but it is the first time they have used that pasture. Its in an apple orchard so there's all kinds of different vegetation. I was worried that maybe...

Yesterday my year old Australorp was on the nest and I saw some clear & yellow/white fluid leaking from her vent. She let me clean her bottom but she did not lay an egg and seemed in pain. After some advise from fellow chicken owners I moved her to a dark room with water only. She stayed in...

My 7 month old Black Australorp hens are laying nice brown eggs everyday. But a few of of the ten hens will lay an egg that is almost white and the texture seems rougher than the usual darker brown ones. They are fed a 16% protein layer pellets plus sweet milk, oyster shells, apples, over ripe...