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I have a pullet that was supposedly a blue copper maran when I got her from the local feed store. At 14 weeks, she hasn’t started exhibiting any copper in her hackles and her comb is coming in gray, so I’m wondering what breed or mix she could be. A friend’s copper maran that she got at the same...

Thanks! It was a lot of fun to build!

When I got my chicks last summer, I set up a pretty decent brooder in my garage. It was warm enough that I was able to maintain the right temperature in the unheated and uninsulated garage. (I live in California.) When I was preparing for chicks this past March, however, I found that I wasn't...

From what I've read, I thought that wasn't a good idea as it can teach them to start eating their eggs if one cracks and they realize that is what is inside. I have heard scrambled is fine, but just not anything resembling a laid egg.

I'm sorry to hear that Mally has been having issues. I hope she's able to resolve it and if not that she remains happy and healthy. I opened the egg to check, and no meat spots today. Of course it's no guarantee for the future, but it seems she has been able to get her system worked out and...

I have noticed that many sites selling chicken coops often overstate how many full-sized chickens can comfortably fit in the coop. If they say 10, I would assume 8 or less. My chickens aren't able to freely roam due to neighbors fences, possums, raccoons, hawks, and other predators, so I keep...

Good morning all. More good news. It seems her system IS getting itself worked out. This morning I found a single perfect dark brown egg in a nesting box! I haven't opened the egg yet to see about the spot (@HeatherKellyB), but I'll let you know. The egg on the left is from my new layer, Opal...

Okay, good news. It appears she did lay a single egg today, so the worry was for naught so far. I haven't found a second egg around. She laid it inside her sleeping coop, so I think there is some bullying going on and she's afraid to use the nesting boxes. The shell was not soft, but there was...

The center one looks cream to me.

I just put more oyster shell out in a new feeder rather than just spreading some out a few times a week so that the younger girls can access them when the older girls tire and walk away. Opal isn't doing the penguin walk, and she took to the oyster shells right away. She also paused a couple of...

Thanks! That's helpful. Her second set were considerably harder, so I want to see what she lays next. I think it's just that her body hasn't fully matured and she's not producing them properly. I'm hoping that things get cleared up, but I want to keep an eye on her. I'll check on the calcium...

@aart The problem I have with the crushed egg shells and oyster shells is that the older leghorns who are at the top of the pecking order and quite aggressive get at them first. The girls who need it most as they are getting to laying age don't really get access to much of them.

The crumbles, definitely. It has concerned me since it was grower crumbles, and I had planned to switch to layer crumbles next. (This weekend.) Also, the pellets are new this past feed instead of layer crumbles in the double headed feeder, so they aren't used to them yet. The single tube was...

How do you feed this to your chicken? And just the one?

Opal is 24 weeks old. She's the first one on the list of the younger birds. I have a variety of foods for them. Layer pellets in a double access bucket (rent-a-coop version) Grower crumbles in a single access tube (rugged ranch version) - I plan to fill it with layer crumbles next since they...

This was VERY helpful. I was able to examine the Silver Cuckoo Marans (Opal). Her vent was exposed and wet and the pelvic bones were separated, so she is very likely the one. She also performed the squat for me for the first time when I set her back down. The other one I wanted to check is the...

I have a spreadsheet where I've tracked them all and calculates their ages. They are all older than 18 weeks and getting close to laying age. Other than the four I know are laying: Blue Fauvacana: 24 weeks (likely blue eggs) Silver Cuckoo Marans: 24 weeks (likely brown to dark brown eggs)...

Hi all, I have 13 chickens, of which my four oldest (two leghorns and two rhode island reds) have been giving me eggs regularly every day since late October. This past Sunday I found two brown speckled little eggs in the nest. I was pretty excited that one of the younger girls had started and...

I believe one of my chickens started with two eggs a day this past Sunday. I found this document to be helpful while researching chicken anatomy and if it could happen: http://www.spottedcowpress.ca/chapters/02FemaleAnatomy.pdf In addition, I found this page to be helpful in discussing other...

I just found two soft shelled eggs in my nesting box this morning. I think they are from an Olive egger, but they aren't olive eggs. (It's one of the chances with olive eggers that they don't necessarily produce olive eggs.) I've been giving them smashed shells, but I will also add oyster shells...