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  1. S

    2 year old chickens not laying eggs/chronic feather plucking. HELP!

    Hello all I'm new to chickens so I'll start there. We were given 7, 2 year old hens and have had them about 2 months. The previous owner had communicated to us the chickens have always had feather plucking issues and bald patches. She said she couldn't figure out why they had chronic issues with...
  2. S

    Hen not laying, acts normal, tail up, but i feel a bulge below vent

    I have a 1.5 year old speckled sussex that stopped laying about 2.5 weeks ago. She acts completely normal, very active, very chatty, eats very well, but no eggs. I feel a firmish bulge below the vent that is larger than the other hens. You can't really see anything amiss as she has feathers...
  3. Soleil_A

    hen not laying anymore?!

    hi! my ISA brown hen isn’t laying anymore! i recently introduced 2 bantam hens to the coop (not laying yet). could she be stressed out from the new chicks? they have oyster shell, layer feed, scratch, and are full time free range. any ideas? thank you so much!
  4. E

    2 YO Barred Rock not laying and strange poop

    Hi all, I have a small backyard flock of 8 birds. A few weeks ago my 2 year old Barred Rock started laying rubber eggs and shell-less eggs then she quit laying altogether. Since then, she’s been having strange, brightly colored, crumbly poop. I will attach a pic if I can. Behaviorally, she’s...
  5. LynnieU

    Floppy comb, diarrhea, & weight loss in a 2 year old Cinnamon Queen~

    Hello, I have a 2 year old Cinnamon Queen who has a floppy comb, weight loss, diarrhea and not laying for about a month now. She's laid about 2 eggs we think in the last 4 week or so period. He activity level is mostly good, some bad days where she stands in the corner of the coop, but always...
  6. R3M1X

    Not laying?

    I have 5 laying hens and 1 laying duck, as well has pullets and cockerels ranging in age from almost 6 months to 3 weeks old. For the past week or so, 2 of my laying hens have stopped producing eggs even though they are only a year old. I pick up the eggs daily to discourage them going broody...
  7. danalovesdogs

    White Egg Mystery

    Hello! I'm rather new to owning quail, so I'd appreciate some insight on this topic. One of three hens in my larger cage laid an egg completely devoid of pigment, except for a little smear on the fat part of the egg. When I opened the egg, I also found that it lacked a membrane. All three of my...
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  8. trombamarina

    listless chicken, previous egg-bound chicken?

    We had a small flock of three chickens, one died a few weeks ago and now a second one is sick. They are three years old. We don't know if they have the same illness, and if it is communicable. We have a new flock of five chicks that we planned to introduce in a few weeks. Our chickens free...
  9. D

    2 yr old speckled sussex hens not laying for months

    We have two speckled sussex hens that are now 2 years old. They both stopped laying midwinter and have never restarted. They were laying reliably for over a year before that. Our other 2 hens (one olive egger and one barred rock) are laying fine and did so through the winter. (Light in coop)...
  10. Zihad

    Not Laying Eggs! 8 month old Guinea fowl!

    Hello! I started with 2 Guinea fowls and 2 Turkeys 7 months back. All the keets were 1 month old. The turkey hen laid 24 eggs and is sitting on them for about 20 days. But there is no sign of the guineas laying any eggs. They are 8 months old. I heard the "Buck-wheat" sound many times. So there...
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    • gender guinea fowl help male or female new addition not laying
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    • Forum: Guinea Fowl
  11. T

    Hens haven't been laying

    I had purchased new chickens to go in with the old last September. The older ones stopped laying eggs because they where moulting. I Haven't had a single egg since. I assumed they would lay after winter but no. What should I do!
  12. StephanieRose44

    2 Easter Eggers/ 22wks Not laying

    I have 9 hens total all of them are between 20-22 wks and they are all laying except for my Silkie, my 2 Easter Eggers, and my Bantam GLW. I’m mostly concerned about the EE’s as I’ve heard Silkies & GLWs lay later than most breed but I heard they EEs usually lay early and frequently...but...
  13. L

    How long does Chicken Molt

    Hi, I have a golden top and she has not laid or go broody since November. I can see she has lost some feathers on her chest so maybe it is because she is molting. But it has been few months now and she still has a bald chest. Their daily diet consists layer pellets, bird seeds, meal worms...
  14. Darcy414

    Is my hen being extra broody or is she sick

    My rock buff, Goldie has been in the nest box for days now. I have taken her out and she poops and eats a little something and then goes right back in a nesting box. She also has not laid an egg since she started doing this. It’s been about a week. I check on them twice a day. Make sure there...
  15. ShrekDawg

    Chickens staying inside a lot, not laying

    Any ideas why my chickens would be staying inside so much lately? I’m a little worried about them. It’s been kind of a while they’ve been doing it. At first I thought maybe they were scared of a hawk cause we have a lot and I saw one perched on the run one day and then I thought maybe they just...
  16. Nashville Hen Mom

    NO EGGS this winter in Nashville—a first!

    We have had a small flock of heavy-breed backyard hens for about five years. On October 11th, we lost our young Barred Rock, Millie, due to what appeared to be (after my amateur autopsy) internal laying. Since two weeks after her death, we have not gotten eggs from any of the remaining three...
  17. Tsickum

    Non-Laying Chicken Year Old

    Does anyone know what would cause a chook to be pre-disposed to be a non layer? She's only a year old, and I've taken her to the vet - he said she seems perfectly healthy and happy. She's been wormed and flead, just doesn't lay! When we first got her she laid little weak shells and nothing else...
  18. ctrstandards

    4 year olds not laying anymore

    What do I do with the hens that haven't laid eggs for months... none through the summer and nothing today. I know for sure my White Leghorn is not laying, she is the only one I have in my flock of 18. We are only averaging 7 eggs a day for the past year. Does that mean that half my hens are...
  19. Animal family

    Not laying, not sure why...

    Hi all, My duck Quackers hasn’t laid an egg since July when she had an egg binding incident. She is 18 months old and had been laying regularly up unti then. After her egg binding she went into a molt and lost some weight despite me feeding her like crazy. She’s been unusually temperamental...
  20. HappyFeetHens

    2 year old hens rarely lay

    I have 4 RIR hens who are all about 2 years old (I also have one leghorn who is about nine months, but she lays consistently). I only get 2 eggs a day (usually) from the RIRs and I’m not sure why. I have tried a few things. I’ve been supplementing with higher protein chick feed, but it hasn’t...
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