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When I went to collect eggs today, I found these weird pink fleshy looking things in the nesting box too. I have three Black Australorps (1 year old) that seem to be laying consistently and four Rhode Island Reds (2 years old) but I think only two of them are laying right now. Any ideas to what...

It is time to introduce our newest girls to the flock and sadly, that means we need to identify & remove our non layers. Sad but their purpose is to provide eggs or meat. We have 4 RIR that are turning 2 this spring and 3 BA that will be 1 yr this spring. We have been getting 4-5 eggs a day...I...

One of our girls has had an issue with poop collecting on her fluffy butt feathers, getting heavy & ripping out the feathers. It's been a while and I thought her feathers would have grown back by now. I noticed she had a red baboon butt so I took a closer look tonight and she had a huge...

This is our third year getting new chicks. We originally thought we'd get 5 Rhode Island Reds, then the next spring we decided to get 4 Black Australorp chicks. We lost one of the RIR chicks on the first night but the others grew up to be amazing layers, we recently lost 1 BA to a predator but...

I have a Rhode Island Red hen - Becky. She will be 2 years old this spring, last year she started laying soft shelled eggs from the perch at night and then brittle shelled eggs after I started supplementing her with Calcium tablets. I stopped because it wasn't helping that much, she dutifully...

We have 4 Rhode Island Red hens (almost 2yrs old), and 3 Black Australorps (almost 1 yr old)...we lost a BA pullet this past week to an unknown predator. So I was planning to add 3 more chicks to our flock this year. Would like to be getting similar amount & size of eggs from them as our RIR &...

I just went out to count & lock up our girls for the night, and one is missing! They always go in on their own, I just count to see all 8 are there and close the door until morning....they love free ranging in our yard and hanging out under the bushes. I grabbed a flashlight and searched the...

I saw this hen online and she's so beautiful, what kind is she? (I know the colors must have been enhanced some)

Just noticed my hen Penny (RIR) making a weird noise while trying to lay. It sounds like she's straining to get the egg out ...Is she okay?

I have a 1 yr old rhode island red hen that has lost the feathers on her belly, the skin is red and the feathers look crusty. I checked her and did not see any mites or other bugs. I checked our other girls and it is just her. She acts normal, eats, drinks, perches at night and still laying eggs...

I have four Black Australorp pullets (hopefully) that are 5 weeks old. I need to integrate them with our four 1 yr old Rhode Island Red girls. Sooner rather than later because their brooder is smelling up our sunroom! I let them all free range in the backyard together with supervision. So far...

I have 4 RIR pullets that will be 1 yr old on April 6th. I also have 4 Black Australorp pullets (I hope)they are 2 weeks old. Right now they are in our brooder in the house. But they are stirring up quite a bit of dust and may be messing with my husband's allergies. We have taken them on field...

I have four chicks in our swimming pool brooder inside our house. Currently using pine shavings as bedding but it is so dusty and my husband thinks he may be allergic. What are non dusty alternatives I can use that won't be expensive? The chicks are 2 weeks old.

All four are supposed to be Black Australorp pullets, but one looks different than the others? Can someone offer their thoughts, are they all BA?

I have 4 RIR that are 11 months old. They've been laying pretty regular since last fall with very few oddities. Beautiful big brown eggs from each pullet. BUT a couple weeks ago, one of my girls started dropping a soft shelled egg from the perch every night. I read on one of the forums to give...