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Hello! I have a Gold Laced Wyandotte who has always had some egg issues. - once or twice a month she’ll lay eggs with such thin and brittle shells that they break when you try to write the date on them. - every few months or so she’ll lay a shell-less or *very* soft shelled egg. My hens are...

1) What type of bird , age and weight (does the chicken seem or feel lighter or thinner than the others.) I have a Speckled Sussex pullet, Thelma, who is feeling very poorly. She’s about 10 months old. I don’t think she’s lost much weight. 2) What is the behavior, exactly. My flock caught...

Good morning! I have a 1.5 yr old Golden Laced Wyandotte exhibiting some symptoms that I can’t diagnose. Problem: it seems on the day she lays an egg (and usually the day after), she lays around the run more than usual and doesn’t eat. Then she’ll pop out her egg in the run without going in...

Here is my previous post about Val’s dog attack. The saga continues! She’s been doing well after having her egg removed. Some feathers are growing back but the worst wounds are still healing and scabbed up. I’ve let her outside a few times in short visits to be a chicken, she seems good. BUT...

I have a ~10 month Plymouth barred rock that was attacked by a dog about 48 hours ago. She has some injury (one small puncture, a bigger puncture/tear just shy of dime-size, and some skin tearing of the first layer or two of skin). She is very alert, kind of drinking water, and not eating (she...

I have a 5.5 month old Golden Laced Wyandotte that’s been having egg issues. Last week she looked egg bound, so I gave her a warm soak and checked her vent. A perfect yolk plopped out. This morning she was looking the same. I checked her vent and pulled out one of those shriveled membranes...