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  1. W

    White Leghorn Struggling To Lay, Only Laying Soft Shelled Eggs

    Happy Monday chicken community, I hope you and your feathered friends are doing lovely! For the last nearly two weeks my white leghorn has been laying soft shelled eggs. She was a very very consistent layer, sometimes two large white eggs a day! The eggs are certainly not my concern, honestly I...
  2. RogersMotoChicks

    Hen Has Never Laid an Egg-13 months

    I have a hen who has never laid an egg. She is a 13 month old Buff Orpington. She’s always been on the petite side and comb is still lighter in color and very small. As well as her beak. She’s 1/15 hens. Has plenty of room and diet is solid. She’s never shown interest in nesting boxes and...
  3. F

    2yr Hens -- Reproductive Issues?

    Hello! I've been having some issues w/my laying hens. They are almost two years old -- will be in May. I have lost two hens so far in the past month. The first one occurred while we were out of town for a weekend, so I didn't get to see the "buildup." All I know is that the day we got home...
  4. ChickenPerson999999

    Can mixed chicken breeds reproduce chicks?

    I have 4 Easter's egger and I'm wondering can Easter eggers reproduce? Well they are a hybrid or a mixed breed. It will be adorable to see baby chicks walking around.
  5. Carolrich

    Male or female????

    Ok Folks! This is bizarre: my 3 year old ISA Brown hen has always been alpha. I assume she has layed eggs but as I have 10, I never see her actually lay the egg. She has frequently jumped atop her "friends" and acted like she was mating. I read that this can be normal and thought no more about...
  6. K

    Does Having A Male Around Lead To Earlier Egg Production?

    Does Having A Male Around Lead To Earlier Egg Production?
  7. J

    What's the chance my duck eggs are fertilized

    We just finished incubating 2 eggs that were fertilized but didn't make it to the end but then that same day those 2 were appeared to hatch we found another egg in her nest and put it in the incubator. It never developed any. About 2 weeks after that we found 4 more in her nest. Today thay are...
    • Jinglebells0518
    • Thread
    • development duck duckling fertile fertile egg incubate infertile mama mating reproduction
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    • Forum: Ducks
  8. boyss7

    Can different species of birds live in a coop without matting & reproducing?

    Can different species of birds live in a coop without matting & reproducing? (chickens, turkeys,guineas, ducks) Thank you very much
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