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A three year old hen with no eggs for a year? Before you start weeding out low-producers, you may want to do a parasite check. What breed is she? Even the production mixes, like the stars or comets, will continue laying past the 18 month commercial culling point. They just slow down some...

I now realize that aging's not my problem. It's those side effects! :old

Do not panic yet. When we have livestock, sometimes we have deadstock, too.

The song resonates, reverberates in my mind. Music fills my soul.

I can confirm! "Shizzlesticks" was the one and only curse word my grandmother would utter ... and she was born in 1900!

My smallest rooster is "top dog," so his name is Little Big Man!

Y'know, there's a universal (chicken-) mathematical answer. The answer is ALWAYS to "get more hens." :plbb

It's definitely worth trying. Keep us posted!

Yes to both questions. There are lots of rabbit wormers available online and at your local feed store. If you want to be specific, you can take a poo-sample to your vet for a float test. Sometimes your Ag extension service offers the service as well, but either way, it's not usually too expensive.

You're not playing fair! Four week old bunny posts require PHOTOS!!! :bun:bun:bun

Definitely a Silkie mix. Going by the poofy back on the hen, I'd venture to guess there's some Cochin in there, too. Regardless of the mix (and to me, they look like mixes, not a breed,) they're VERY striking. That's a lucky find!

We had gen-yoo-ine, honest-to-goodness ICE sheets. Spring is quite confused!

Maryland April. It's supposed to be Springtime. ICE ON MY WINDSHIELD!

After equinox, there's always One. More. Big. Storm. Winter's Last Hurrah.

and an electric fence!