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After two months of malting, my hen finally laid one egg, I was very happy that she started laying again. Then she stopped laying again for about two weeks now. I'm very concerned because her crown looks weired to me. It seems shrinking and pale, not like the other hen has red and fuller crown...

My year old Welsummer has been laying big eggs ever since she started it; however, a couple of weeks ago, she laid two huge eggs that we've never seen before. They are about 3in tall and 2in wide. I thought they were double yolks, but no. My other BR hen is laying normal size eggs, even she eats...

My 8 month old BR has laid 60 eggs since January. However, she laid a no shell egg on Thursday, and has not laying eggs for two days. She did use the nesting box though, but just no egg come out. I checked for stuck egg under her abdomen, but it seems normal. She is eating well, and getting a...

This morning we found a broken egg under the roosting bar which is two feet above the ground. Apparently, one of my pullet was too sleepy to go into the nesting box. I think she laid it very early in the morning while it was still dark or even at night. She was supposed to lay yesterday noon...

I've got a lot of those worms in my compost box. They are white and translucent, with brownish red head and brown legs and often curls up like a button. Does any one knows what kind of worm it is? I assume they are not good for the garden, so I feed them to the chickens, and the chickens love it.

My two pullets sleep in one nesting box every night ever since they were little, one lays her egg in the box, one lays outside of the box. Is OK to let them do that? I do clean the box very often. Also, one of them laid an egg at 8:30 this morning, why so early? is possible she will lay another...

Yesterday, I post my first question regarding our Ameraucana hen who was timid and small. However, last night she was taken by a raccoon. We have three hens 6-7 month old, they always sleep in the little nesting box, and the Ameraucana usually sit at the bottom while the other two on top of...

Just joined the gang, this my first post and I need some help. We have three hens, the Ameraucana is one month older(7month old) than the Welsumer and Barred-Rocks. However, the Ameraucana has much smaller body than the others. While the others have started laying eggs in the past a few days...