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My 5 month old silkie just laid her first egg yesterday. Didn’t seem unusual at all. She was absolutely fine last night. Eating and drinking, walking around. Nothing out of the norm. Went up to the coop with the others last night. This morning I found her laying still. She won’t stand up and...

What causes this on eggs? My olive eggers second egg, and it’s actually part of the egg. Not just dirty. Thoughts?

My Salmon Faverolle just laid her first egg yesterday. Pretty new to chicken keeping, so I’m very excited! Can I expect her to lay pretty regularly from now on? Or is it sporadic at first?

My salmon faverolle is 26 weeks old, and still not laying. I was under the impression that they are a breed that lays earlier? I have ceramic eggs in the nesting boxes. Upping protein… not sure what else to try.

I have a rooster who has water belly. He is also wheezing, but still moving around just fine. I’ve read a little bit about it. Is this caused by an underlying illness, or is it something I’m feeding them? They get their chicken feed. I’ll also dump a couple scoops of mealworms for all of my...

We just received a couple of laying hens a few days ago, but neither of them have laid since we got them. I figured it was the stress of the change. How long typically before they will start laying again?

5 month old Easter egger. Sold to me as a pullet. What do we think?

Both of my orpingtons. Came from the same batch. Around 10 weeks old. Is the one a definite roo? Hasn’t crowed yet…

I have brand new sexed Sapphire Gems. How much do these typically go for? Just starting out selling chicks so not sure of pricing.

Two 6 week old buff orpingtons. Born at the same time. Is the second a roo? Or has anyone had an Orpington look like this and it turn out to be a hen?

I had a chicken pass away from what I assume was coccidia. I started the whole flock on corid. Now two of my orpingtons are sneezing and wheezing a little bit. I’ve treated respiratory infections with garlic and ACV in the water before. Am I able to put ACV and garlic in with corid? Has anyone...