Hi Everyone,
I have a very sweet 1 year old Astolop who has been having diarrhea and appears to be laying soft eggs (the shell isn't fully formed) for a couple weeks now. She had mites, but we got those completely under control and I've been putting diatomaceous earth in the feed, and all...
I have been playing detective for a few days looking for what I thought was a egg eater, but it turns out my favorite hen has been laying shell-less eggs. Today she was free ranging and just plops out an egg yolk with whites streaming out behind. It totally freaked me out. All the girls in my...
Hi there! This isn't something I wanted to have to ask about obviously, but this is of grave concern! My sweet little Butter is normally quite active and will come peck at my leg for some treats. I noticed that she hadn't done that tonight as I was getting ready to shut them in for the evening...
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I've got 3 Wyandotte chickens - 2 hens and 1 rooster. They all seem to get along, although the rooster seems to prefer and hang out with one hen in particular. Both hens have been laying nice eggs. Recently, however, I have noticed that I am seeing some eggs that have too much calcium...
Hi! We had 3 Silkie hens and 2 roosters. Two of our hens started laying soft open eggs recently. Just this morning, one hen passed away.
I thought it was a broken egg situation. Our one rooster was mating a hen, and the #2 rooster got into their area of run and knocked the rooster off the hen...