Recent content by bunnochick

Just posting to people who will understand. I adopted 3 hens from an animal shelter about a month ago. My girl Morsey (estimated about a year old), who laid the most eggs, was our "guard chicken," and had overall the biggest personality, dropped dead today. She was squawking this morning...

Great, thank you for this advice!! This is so helpful. I can try and get a pic of the poop, but I think it might have been liquid from a soft shell egg as posted in my update

Thank you, this is all SO helpful. The liquid was clear and you can kind of see it in the updates photos I posted.

Edit as of Thursday morning: perhaps I wasn't overreacting. I found these two eggs(?) in the coop this morning (please tell me it's not lash egg). One was in the nesting box and the other was under her roost. For context, she gets fermented layer Feed, regular layer Feed, oyster shells, grit...

I was only talking about the two in the front but I appreciate the extra confirmation on the girl in the back! :~)

Good to know! Thank you!

Thank you!!!

Just out of pure curiosity, anyone know the breeds of my brown and my white chickies? Or are they just Easter eggers? I got them at an animal shelter and they said they're 1-2 years old. They both have very mild personalities unlike the one in the back who is noisy and jumpy (I'm assuming she's...

Thanks! Appreciate your experience and advice.

We actually have a pool in the middle of our yard that has a fence around it, probably 5 ft high?

Hiya! Excited to join the community. I live in an urban area and have 3 Easter eggers (no idea the breed tbh-got them from an animal shelter). Our yard is fully enclosed with a 6' privacy fence, but I'm still worried about them flying up and getting out of the yard. I'm open to clipping their...