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Cracked one of our newest pullets egg this morning. The egg had two yolks. The one on the left appeared normal but the one on the right had a different appearance I’ve never seen before. Any ideas? Is it safe to eat? She has only been laying for maybe two weeks.

Went to a farm store and purchased chicks about 3 weeks ago. I got what I thought were 3 Easter eggers and 3 olive eggers. Today it’s very warm out and thought I would get them outside to walk around. As they were exploring I noticed the one has feathered legs. Pretty sure I may have gotten...

This is my first winter with my hens. They are in the coop with attached run all day until I get home from work then they are free ranging until dark. I went out to collect eggs tonight and let them out and noticed feathers missing off my one hens neck. The skin under looks like it’s dry and...

This morning I went out to check on the coop and looked inside and just below the roosting bar I found this egg in the shavings below. Like it dropped out overnight. It appears to be just the membrane and no shell along with another much smaller start to an egg. Is this cause for concern? They...

When I was out with the hens as they were free ranging tonight I noticed the ones beak looked off. I grabbed her to get a closer look and the tip is broke and there is some black buildup towards base of beak. Black buildup may just be dirt from pecking around yard and run. Is this cause for...

:woot We have 8 Buff Orpingtons and this is our first time raising chickens. One of them laid there first egg today at 20 weeks and 6 days!! Hey Hey (named after the chicken from Moana) had been squatting in a submissive pose and following me around for about the last week. Yesterday she did it...

I was down filling up my food storage container today after work and started to clean up around the brooder. Chicks are almost two weeks old and I noticed last week at least half were itching pretty good. I had looked them over and couldn’t see anything. I had one weak chick so I made up some...

Almost finished with my first coop build! Chicks are arriving next week. Looking forward to having the chicks and the eggs! Got a lot of ideas for my coop build from here so I just wanted to share a few pictures.

Is a coop door necessary with an enclosed run? I am new to chickens. Getting prepared to build my first coop this spring. I have been looking at a lot of plans and designs and have settled on a coop and run all under one roof. I keep going back and forth between a manual door and an automatic...