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    Concerning eggs from a sapphire gem

    I have three wonderful hens, after losing one suddenly at 9 months a few weeks ago. One of my ladies, a large light sapphire gem, has been laying terrible eggs for about 2 months now. Cracks, folds, bulged out, rough texture.. and HUGE. Wanting to know if it’s illness based, or anatomy based...
  2. H

    Beautiful tan egg!

    Hello! I recently bought a mixed flock of birds and one started laying this beautiful tan egg color, placed next to a white for reference! It’s not a typical brown or green egg, just wondered if anyone knew what crosses or breeds would lay this color? It’s my favorite! Thanks for any info...
  3. K

    Not sure why my chickens & ducks aren't laying?

    This has been an ongoing issue. My 3 chickens have been unreliable with laying for months, sometimes almost going a week without one. Since spring has started to return, we've started to see about 1-2 eggs a day now. I have 3 new adult laying muscovy ducks. They arrived 2 weeks ago. So far...
  4. Mollieb713

    Soft shells in mature duck

    My female duck has been laying soft shell eggs for about a month now after a really cold winter. It's finally been warm for a steady 2 weeks though and when nothing changed I've began to get concerned. It is her first mating season since I added a male to my flock, however she doesn't seem to be...
    • Mollieb713
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    • duck egg duck health ducks egg advice egg laying egg laying ducks egg laying problems eggs & duck soft egg soft egg issue
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    • Forum: Ducks
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    Malformed egg

    Hello, I have had a number of weird eggs laid lately but the attached picture is the most extreme example. Sorry, it is a bit gross. Can anyone please advise what my chicken might be lacking to lay this type of egg? Or does she have worms? An internal problem? Similar bad eggs were more formed...
  6. AmberLittlejohn

    Misshapen eggs

    Hello, first time posting in a long while. I have two oddities this morning. One from an Easter egger the other from my Rouen duck. Never had eggs like this before. They have plenty of calcium and grit in their diet. Is this a result of these being laid overnight in freezing temperatures?
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    Help 1 Hen has yellow crust round bottom of wattle and another has dirty bum

    New to keeping hens got 4 hens in September at this point only getting 2 eggs per day, is this less our normal amount for time of year? Also just notices one of my hens has yellow crust on wattle hen is active and eatting well should I be concerned? Also one of my hens came to me with a dirty...
  8. D

    Female Indian runner duck keeps lying down

    Hey there, I’m seeking some help and advice about my 4 month old Indian runner duck who keeps lying down. She will be up and around and acting fairly normal then just out of the blue she will just start lying down. She does this through the whole day too. Any clue to what the problem might...
    • Dm3223
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    • egg advice indian runner duck
    • Replies: 14
    • Forum: Ducks
  9. DuckDuckJuice

    How to break duck of egg-laying?

    Hi, again. I have a new question, this time about our Khaki Campbell. She has laid an egg every single day for over a year, even during molts. Her first molt was incomplete and she looked terrible for the bulk of this year. She has been in her current molt for over two months now and it doesn’t...
  10. S

    Dog attack killed most of flock😭, advise on helping the survivors

    Heartbreakingly, a loose dog attacked our flock. It jumped our fence and killed 9 of out 13 chicks, including the best rooster ever (RIP Norton). Of the remaining four, two were pretty seriously injured, but are recovering. We moved them while we down sized, reinforced and removed all traces of...
  11. K

    Flock Egg Count Down Significantly

    Hi all, We have a flock of about 75 chickens, a few different breeds. Maybe 12 of them are about 2 years old, and the rest are a year to year and a half. We had consistently been getting 50-60 eggs a day for many months, but over the last 4 months or so this has dropped to an average of 24...
  12. jjunge08

    What is happening here?

    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...
  13. Austinb1395

    Does Anyone know if this is a leghorn or a Barred Rock egg?

    Besides my Rhode Island Reds my Comet Lays reddish/orange eggs well. Either my white leghorn or barred rock started laying . What chicken do y’all think later it?
  14. ECrow

    Help! Hatching/pipping egg with no incubator - how can I jury rig one?

    I found a chick in my coop this morning that had hatched and died, and I suspect my broody hen had something to do with the death, so I took a pipping egg from her to try to hatch and save the chick on my own, but I have no incubator and have never hatched eggs before. I’ve been sitting with a...
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    Help with molting

    I only have one laying hen that I bought a few weeks ago that laid two eggs for me then stopped laying! I thought maybe it was the stress of the move being with all new chickens but it’s going on too long for it to just be stress. My guess is molting since she’s missing some feathers around her...
  16. HennaPenHollyPol

    Isa brown egg progression

    Hi all, I have a 2.5 year old isa brown that will still lay 5 days a week. About once a week she will lay what I call a rubber egg. It will usually crack inside and she will have the white first followed by the collapsed egg shell. Is this a normal progression for her breed of bird? Also, the...
  17. tifaus

    Help!

    I had a hen become broody and she ended up collecting 12 eggs. When I discovered where she was and she was definitely broody, I did candling and we were going to have 10 babies. Well, yesterday they all decided to hatch. One of her eggs pipped but has not zipped or made any improvement since...
  18. J

    Help! Whats in my chicken egg?!

    I just cracked an egg and this what inside. Never seen something like this before.
  19. Mmsorg

    Questionable Egg

    Has anyone seen an egg like this? We have no roosters all hens and this was our first lay from this one. Still trying to figure out which hen it came from. It’s the bottom reddish brown egg.
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    Help! Need advice!

    This is my first time using an incubator. Out of 8 eggs I’ve ended up with two that are developed. They weren’t due to hatch until tomorrow and locked the incubator down yesterday afternoon. I’ve had both eggs start to pip at 8pm last night. One has hatched over night. I’ve kept the humidity up...
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