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Tuesday my girl alerted to something (she is typically not very vocal) and then later that evening she could barely make a sound... I have been giving her some warm meduka honey water, and gently stroking her throat/neck. She still doesn't have much vocal quality - I worry that she cannot sound...

Hi all, I'm not sure if it is Infectious bronchitis in my girl, as neither of my girls have had any indications of illness (sneezing, coughing, lethargy, droopy combs, etc.,) I have dealt with the oddly wrinkled egg off and on since they started laying. They are now going on 3 years old (in...

My girls will be 2 years old in July. My one girl (Matilda) has always had a bit of difficulty as she is regularly laying a bit larger eggs than the other one (Merisol). Recently Matilda has had increased trouble laying... she screeches loudly and her eggs are a bit deformed... they are ranging...

We have had below zero temps here and my girls will not stay in the coop, they choose to go out into the run which though it is closed it is the same temp as the outside due to the top ventilation, and door is only covered by some plastic sheeting. Her comb was fine yesterday and looked okay...

My one girl has really loose stinky poops (brown), and she is not eating well. she is only eating the regular rations just before going into the coop at night. I know they have stinky cecal poop, but this is REALLY loose. She looks okay (comb/waddles nice and red) . It is cold/snowy here now so...

okay, this is going to be long. I have 3 Sapphire Gems that are 8 months old on April 5th. my one girl (Head girl) has been laying regularly since she was 17 weeks and has only had 2-3 soft shelled eggs. my youngest (smallest girl) has been laying regularly since about 21-22 weeks and has only...

I have 3 pullets they are 22 weeks old. One has been laying since 17 weeks and the others since around 20 weeks. my 2nd in command (Marigold) has been laying since around 20 weeks - she started out with some soft shelled eggs , then she started laying JUMBO eggs with a nice shell. The past...

I have 3 21week old Sapphire gem pullets. One has been laying since Dec.22nd, the other two really just got started last week. I just started transitioning them to layer feed. and now today they seem to have very liquid poop. They have been able to forage some (they normally fence range) and I...

I have 3 Sapphire gems. one has been laying since she was 17 weeks (Dec.22nd). One of the other two laid an egg back on Christmas eve, but the shell had a hole in it( either pecked or stepped on as it was laid during the night) and had not laid again until Monday (Jan.11th)< this time the other...

2 of my 20 week old Sapphire gems just laid first eggs with very soft shells. I had to give one of my early layers a calcium +D supplement when she had laid a soft shelled egg. My question today is can I feed my girls mushrooms? They are high in Vitamin D and I would rather my girls get their...

I have a hen that has become mean to the other two in my coop. She has attacked my head hen who is the only one laying at this time. The aggressive hen laid one egg about 8 days ago and either pecked it or stepped on it and punctured it, and hasn't laid since... she acts like she wants to lay...

I have 3 Sapphire gems that turned 18 weeks this past Monday. One of my girls has been laying now since the 22nd (@17 weeks). she has had 1 very soft shelled egg the day after Christmas around 7:30 pm (I think it was stress related- but gave her extra calcium + Vit. D anyway), around that same...

My girl has now given me 4 eggs, the first one on the 22nd, then 24th, 25th and tonight. each getting a little larger. this last one though had a VERY soft shell and was laid around 6:30 pm she laid it in a different sot because her sisters were up in the roost where she normally lays, She has...

Our 17 week old Sapphire Gem, Merisol laid her first egg today. I'm so proud of her :D:D

My girls (Sapphire Gems) are only 17 weeks. Merisol has been fairly quiet up until about the last week, then over the past 3 days has been REALLY vocal. Making sounds I have never heard before. Low throaty grumbling / growling sounds, and this morning it almost sounded like she said "mama"...

I give my girls a raw, whole grain, organic, soy & corn free feed (Brand - Scratch & Peck). I have a starter feed @ 20% protein, a grower feed @ 17 % protein (and I also mix a bit of organic corn in every once in a while or put it out as scratch). My girls are 16 weeks old - do I need to switch...

I bought a bale of Timothy grass to spread out in my girls' run as the ground is pretty frozen right now. is it okay if they eat it? they were pecking at the tops. I usually get the kiln dried and pressed straw, and they eat that :p too.

my girls don't drink a lot, should I be worried? I give them a kinda sloppy fermented ration, and set out plenty of waterers for access. I have given them plain water (from the tap) , water with ACV, warm water, cool water, filtered water, purified water... and they just don't drink a lot that...

YESTERDAY: I don't know exactly what happened, I had 4 Sapphire gems 12 weeks old. I went in to the garage this morning to let the girls out of their coop and found 1 laying dead and the other 3 standing nearby. They have a 2 story coop with the roost area up top and an attached run at the...

I don't know exactly what happened, I had 4 Sapphire gems 12 weeks old. I went in to the garage this morning to let the girls out of their coop and found 1 laying dead and the other 3 standing nearby. They have a 2 story coop with the roost area up top and an attached run at the bottom. we keep...