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One of my 9 month old Buff Orpingtons hens is not doing well. She is breathing hard with a stretched neck open mouth and occasionally coughing and sneezing. I've also noticed she is sitting a lot and has droopy wings. She does not seem to be eating or drinking much and her body weight is...

I've got or had 16 hens. I have 9 nesting boxes but they typically only use 3 or four of them. The one that the bird was found in was the most commonly used box and I have seen more then one bird in it at a time on a few occasions.

Here is the abnormally large egg we got 2 days ago. it would not even fit into the egg cartoon due to girth and length. Being that the hen was only 8 months old and not at full body size I can imagine that would have been a struggle if it did come from her.

Just found one of the girls dead with no apparent injuries. She was okay this morning when I checked in on them and when I came home 4 hours later she was gone. I haven't had any issues like this in the past and am worried about what could have caused it. I did get my first double yoke 2...

First post! I built this DIY wine cooler incubator about 2 weeks ago. It has been holding a steady 99/100 degrees F and ~30% humidity for several days so I added 46 eggs yesterday. Some of the features - 2 light bulb and a water heater for temp setting - 2x 1 gallon water bottles for temp...