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Beautiful story and very well written! Go head on Lancelot - you're the man!

I've read quite a few posts about bad legs but I strongly believe this may be a problem with her hip. She is a 9 month old Silver Laced Wyandotte named Lucy. She's always laid smaller eggs than the rest of the flock but had the same energy and even more personality. About a week and a half...

My EE is very quiet in fact she doesn't even sing the Egg Song. She's also very flighty and won't come near me. I think its from an episode where she got out and I had to corner her and get her back with her flock. She literally passed out and needless to say we were both traumatized. I have...

You should keep doing what works for you. Maybe my girls are just clumsy, the broken eggs don't happen everyday. Just enough for me to be concerned. I definitely don't want them to start eating the eggs. Maybe I'm just overreacting. I'm new at this.

They started laying in this box even though both boxes had golf balls in them. I had to remove the golf ball from the one they all lay in because the eggs would crack against the golf ball. The other box has had a golf ball in it the entire time but they don't give a 'squawk' about it. I'll...

There are 2 boxes exactly the same 12X12 setting side by side. I never thought of blocking the one box off. Dang I like this website. I'm going to try that THANKS!

There are only 4 of them but they break each other's eggs laying in the same box.

4 out of 4 young hens but one lays consistently tiny eggs. Anybody know why?

Well unbelievably I'm starting to have a few dozen more than I need. I've been approached by friends to sell them but so far I just give the extras away. They're brown and green eggs (Wyandottes,RIR and 1 EE) and they make such a fuss when they lay it seems kind of cold blooded to sell their...

The guessing part is sweet agony, the Wyandotte (Lucy) I thought started laying first still lays really small eggs. Her sister (Cher) has been caught in the act laying one of the largest most beautifully colored egg ever. I wanted to kiss her. Who knows what the heck is going on in there...

You know I bought some oyster shell and mixed in with the layer feed but the shells are really hard on their eggs. My Aunt even said to me your chicken are laying petrified eggs except of course the whites and yolks are fine. Maybe it has to do with the weather or something when they need...

okay so I started my flock with three pullets (2 Wyans, 1 EE) & a very mature (2 yrs old) RIR. I bought layer feed and fed them all the same thing. It was fall and everyone said the pullets wouldn't lay until spring (they were supposed to be about 16 weeks old when I got them) The RIR laid 6...

Does anyone know the result of the city council's vote regarding chickens last November. It sure has been quiet.

Hey there, what was the result of the vote?

Today, like everyday I came home from work and checked the nest boxes. Of my four chickens only the RIR has layed through the cold months and sure to form she had laid one..... but in the other box there was a mass of what looked like poop. The biggest poop I've ever seen in.... no shell...

I got two Silver Laced Wyandottes and one Easter Egger and they were all supposed to be about twelve weeks old in November. It's now January and none have laid nothing, only poop, poop and more poop. I saw somewhere on this site that combs were an indication of age. The two Wyans are just...

I'll get a pic of her tomorrow and post it. Thanks

Honey has a very tiny comb coming in.... no wattle at all.... What age did your EE start laying? Thanks for your reply.

Here's one. My aunt told me never feed my chickens watermelon because it breaks their skin out and makes the eggs watery. She says growing up in Oklahoma she saw what happened when a chicken ate watermelon and it was horrible. I didn't tell her my Rhode Island Red absolutely loves watermelon...

My sweet Easter Egger, Honey is usually very quiet and shy. I think she may be about 6 months old and I haven't gotten an egg from her yet but that's okay since it's really cold and rainy here right now. My worry is that yesterday when I came out with treats she sounded off at me with this...