Hello! My chicken Blue here has always been a slightly problematic layer, she lays the hugest eggs I've ever seen, and to be honest I'm not sure how she's done it this long (she's about 2.5). This morning when I went to take care of them, I noticed this giant white bulb like material sticking...
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I came out this morning to clean the coop out and found this mass inside one of my chicken’s poop. Trying to confirm if it’s a lash egg. None of my chicken have been showing any concerning behavior but still haven’t seen anything like this before. I’m not sure even which one...
1)One of my Ameracaunas lays eggs that have a powdery coating and warts. Any idea why and what I can do to fix it?
2)Another hen’s eggs have a fairly large spot that seems unfinished.
I have 7 layers that are contained in a fenced area, but are basically free range. (I have a dog that would...
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My 5 y/o Buff Cochin was 'diagnosed' with carcinomatosis as some might already know. I posted a lot about this 2-3 years ago when she first got the diagnoses, thinking she was going to pass. The vet gave her a suprelorin implant and an expected few months to live. Its been a handful of...
One of my hens (who just started laying a few weeks ago) laid this egg. I'm not sure which one, I found it in a nest box along with a few others, as per usual. This egg is blue (my camera didn't quite pick up the coloring) and there was another large blue egg that was normal. The "wrinkled" part...
My coturnix quail has laid a tiny egg. What does this mean?? She’s 2 years old. Also she hasn’t laid an egg in a few weeks, could this mean she’s starting to lay again? Any advice would be appreciated
Here is this tiny egg in comparison with an egg that’s the usual size
So this is a new one for us!
I collected eggs yesterday. Our young pullets have just started laying within the last two weeks or so. I know to expect odd eggs, shell-less, double yolkers, etc, but this is a whole new experience. I'm not really concerned about it, but found it fascinating, and I...
My chickens live with my mom and she recently let me know that for the past three months my year old hens have either stopped laying or have been laying very small eggs. We’ve had a normal spring temperature wise and they get plenty of sunlight because they often free range. We feed them a store...
Hoping for wisdom or advice for my girl. I have 4 Pekins, purchased as ducklings in December. Turned out to be 2 male/ 2 female (I realize those are not ideal ratios & have been watching them closely.)
1 female started laying about a month ago. First 2 eggs were wonky, but since then she’s...
Hi all! So I just came home from vacation and went out to check on my two hens (both 6 years old, a lavender orpington and an olive egger). The orpington, Phoebe, seemed a little off when I went out there. She was a bit lethargic and her wings were drooping, which I originally attributed to the...
Hey there. I saw my young backyard silky blend trying to lay am egg today and when she got up and walked away she had this egg inside the membrane I'm guessing hanging out. I had someone on the Facebook group say she had this happen to one of her new layers and she was able to push it in and get...
Does anyone know what this is? I’ve noticed it for 2 days. It resembles egg whites in the nesting box my girls lay in. They are all acting normal, eating and drinking, and laying either everyday or every other day. They haven’t eaten any eggs, not that I’m aware of. I have 4 girls and they all...
Hello all - I have a small flock of 3 ducks - two Welsh Harlequin and one White Crested. They all live together and have the same food (Mazuri waterfowl layer) and water (fresh water daily, from the well). During the day, they are in an outdoor run (fully enclosed and predator-proof). At night...
Hi, so I am incubating eggs and I got this egg that was alive but I checked it today and it was dead. I noticed that something at the bottom moves. Can anyone tell me what that is? I've got another live egg that has that same thing move but less and I am worried for the live egg now. I recorded...
Chic is breaking through shell, but hasn't used the air cell, and isn't breaking the membrane! I managed to put a bit of a hole where the beak is, and it's now breathing. HOWEVER. it's bleeding a bit. Not much, it's stopped, but there was a bit of blood. What do I do??
I have 2-3yr old Rocks, they have always been good layers of brown eggs. Suddenly, one has become sick and stopped laying. I thought maybe water belly but I think she would have died already if it was. The second rock is still laying but her eggs are turning cream colored and one was hard on...
One of my EEs has been laying eggs with small calcium deposits on the top of the shell for a while now. I know that its normal every once in a while, but after collecting her egg today I’m a bit worried.
This is nothing like I’ve seen before compared to the other calcium deposits (if this even...
Hello! We were delighted this morning to find what looks like our first egg. However the shell was incredibly thin, so thin it could easily be crushed if we weren’t careful. The membrane was in tact, but the shell itself felt like sandpaper. We offer free choice oyster shells, have plenty of...
Do I just have to force-feed her calcium supplements forever or can I fix this with less instrusive measures?
I’ve got a two-year-old cream legbar I’ve had from hatch. She’s always had thin shells even as a pullet, and is the only one of my 20 chickens that lays thin shells, so I feel it’s a...