I have a Black Copper Marans hen who is now 7 1/2 months old. She is a healthy gal and has always been real positive and stress-free. When she laid her first few eggs at 20 weeks, they were soft-shelled and one seemed to have no shell at all. This resolved within that first week. Now, in the...
Here is a picture of George Bob Redstone’s eggs (My son named her ) so she has a deformity, it’s like a hump over where one of her wings starts so she has an uneven gait. Besides that she is very healthy, she just started laying about a month ago. She is an inconsistent layer and has seemed egg...
Has anyone had one of their chickens lay a egg with a shell like this. This egg came from one of our Leghorns (2 brown 1 white) They have never laid an egg like this before. These girls have been laying at least 4-5 months. Every day I get either 2 or 3 eggs I hope this isn't the beginning of a...
Hello All, this is my first time posting. I have a question regarding my "Alpha" Golden Sex Link Hen (I own 2 hens) - who has been a SOLID - one egg a day producer. A couple of weeks ago I noticed that there was a broken egg in an unusual place. After that I noticed that she didn't always lay...
Does anybody have any pink or plum eggs that would be willing to take pictures of the inside of the shell under the membrane, for me? I'm trying to figure out if it goes through the shell or if it is only on the outside.
also I'm interested in, if your hen used to lay a different color egg...
So my mom and I are first time chicken keepers and after 8 months of nothing from our chicks we finally got eggs!
Only issue is we have a young rooster who is learning how to mount and is terrible at it but we give him props for trying. And getting barrel rolled off by the larger hens :lol...