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I drilled a fine hole into an egg, filled it with rat poison and taped hole with masking tape, egg disappeared, havent lost anymore.

I had the same problem, set up a game camera and a marked egg, saw a mouse, crow, chickens but not the culprit? Im betting it was a python, have had them before and if you dont sort them out they keep coming back, when there are no eggs they go for your birds.

Thanks everyone for the info, girls only lay light brown eggs, will watch eggs for the spot, thanks cmom.

Rooster has been mating, girls vary in age, 2 have been laying since early December, other 2 started a month ago. Have been feeding them mixed grain and high protein pellets, plus scraps and they free range a couple of hours each day. The eggs look pretty healthy. Will give them all a month and...

Broke open the eggs, they look like nothing happened! What to do with the rooster? Is he old enough? How to train him to do the job properly?

Welcome, greetings from Australia, good luck

Will open one and have a look, a bit disappointing, was hoping for chicks, will try again, thanks

Thanks for the information, rooster age is unknown, he has 4 hens. Those photos are very useful, thanks again.

These eggs have been now incubating for 8 days in a Janoel incubator, cant see any veins just an orange blob in each one. Not sure if the rooster is doing his job properly? Any advice would be welcome.

Welcome to another Aussie!

Thanks for posting, very strange, I thought chickens could eat most vegetable/grass matter.

Sorry for your loss, will be interested to hear the results. I didnt realise there are so many possibilities for illness until I read this thread and found an Aussie site: http://agriculture.vic.gov.au/agriculture/pests-diseases-and-weeds/animal-diseases/poultry/common-diseases-of-backyard-poultry

Hi everyone, I am new to raising chickens, I remember watching Dad with his birds decades ago but I didnt really pay attention to the finer points. I have 2 Isa Browns, 2 Austrolorps, 2 Wyndottes and a Plymouth Bar rooster, at this stage its all new to us. We have a few acres and the gang get to...