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I have a Welsummer hen who will be 3 years old in the spring. She has always had pronounced "buds" on her legs where spurs would grow if she was male. Well, in August, we added some 8 week old birds to our flock, and two of them ended up being "roos." We kept one and sent the other on its way...

I purchased two olive eggers from a local breeder in early August. They were about 8 weeks old. They are now about 16 weeks. This morning, I was awakened by crowing...hilarious and pitiful crowing. It turns out that Georgia is George. Now I am curious about the other OE. George has spectacular...

I have two blue copper Marans I purchased from a local breeder on August 10. At that point, they were 6-8 weeks old, meaning now they would be 10-12 or so. They are both about the same size, but one of them has developed more copper colored feathers on the neck than the other. I don't know if...

I have a Cherry Egger that is a little over a year old. Her eggs have always been smaller than the rest of the flock, but usually in the medium to large range. For the last three days, she has laid a tiny egg, about the size of a robin's egg. Nothing has changed in their diet, except that they...

I have eleven chickens total: 7 hens, two of whom are currently molting, two who have already molted, and three who are laying sporadically due to the season. Then I have 4 Welsummers who are 30 weeks. Only one of them is laying and she has been laying regularly about 4 eggs a week for the last...

I have 7 hens that are 18 months old, and they are different breeds: one Golden Comet, 3 Easter Eggers, 1 Cuckoo Maran and 2 Cherry Eggers. The Cuckoo Maran went through a mini molt last January, when she only lost some of her neck feathers. In late August, she lost a ton of feathers. The poor...

I have a Cuckoo Maran who is about 1 and 1/2 years old going through her first major molt. She had a mini molt last winter and lost some of her neck feathers. This time, after a very long and hot summer, she lost all of her wing feathers, tail feathers and most of her breast and belly feathers...

Our girl, Mabelline, left us this crazy egg today. [/img]

This morning one of my girls laid a torpedo egg. She has been a bit erratic since a hawk attack and some recent thunderstorms. I needed three egg yolks for a recipe, and I thought the torpedo might be a double yolk, so I cracked it. The egg white was foamy inside. It had no odor and no other...

This morning while collecting eggs, I noticed a yolk and white on the floor of the coop. There was no soft shell or shell at all. I am fairly certain it was dropped from the roost overnight, because it looked dried a bit. I had to leave for work, so I left a message for my husband to check them...

We lost our Agnes today. We suspect a hawk, because we had seen one in the area recently being harassed by a bunch of crows. My husband just found feathers and searched everywhere for her. I knew it was a risk to let them free range, but honestly, I can't imaging keeping them cooped up all the...

I waited for this day so long, and here it is! All nine girls laid for the first time!!!! [/img]

We let the girls out of the run this morning, and I noticed one of them acting a bit nervous and secretive. She was up to something for sure. I watched while she went deep into the blackberries, and then, I decided it was time to act. I managed to scare her out, then we picked her up, put her in...

Our beautiful Stella laid this beauty today! and my egg carton is beginning to look like I imagined and hoped it would. She is an EE who is 27 weeks and 1 day.

Another one of our girls joined the "layers" club today. We think the culprit is a Cuckoo Maran who will be 24 weeks on Wednesday. She had been sitting in the nest box for the last week, and yesterday, made such a production I thought for sure I would find an egg there in the nest, but it was...

My sister is a midwife, so I know from her tales that many births coincide with a full moon. So I started wondering, will my girls who are almost 23 weeks be inspired to start laying by the full moon? The next full moon is the 12th. And yes, I am not very patiently awaiting my first eggs!

I bought these as "Cuckoo Marans" but I am beginning to wonder based on some of the information I have read. They haven't started laying yet (21 weeks) so I don't know what their eggs will look like. [/img]

I have 9 chickens that are 21 weeks. Only one has started laying, so I am watching for any sign that some of the other girls may be ready. I was just watching them free-ranging, and I noticed one of the Cuckoo Marans' butt seems to be contracting. Is this a sign that she may be getting ready to lay?

I purchased my chicks in the spring from a local farmer who was placing a large order from a hatchery (not sure which one). The hatchery offered "rare breeds" including Ameraucanas and Cuckoo Marans. I ordered three Ameraucanas because I wanted a range of color eggs from my chickens. After...

One of our Golden Comets is a new layer. Her first egg was one week ago today, and she laid for 4 consecutive days, skipped Friday and laid again Saturday. Today, she sat in the nest box, and went through all the rituals of laying, including singing her "victory" song, but laid no egg. Is this...