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So happy to find this post! I've got a sweet fluffy Buff Orpington that always lays pinkish eggs too! They're just so pretty & finding these beautiful little works of art each day always make me smile! Here's a pic! The Buff's egg is to the farthest right and I'd say more pink - than brown...

Thanks for the follow! :)

I've had this same thing going on... and it's very annoying. My 1 hen (Attilla the Hen) has been more problems than I can count... broody, bullying, eating eggs, pecking other's feathers off, and now she's mounting my other hens, holding their neck down & climbing on their backs, pecking their...

Thank you @rosemarythyme for your help, your words ring true. I think it's time... Guess I just had to hear it.

I've got 10, 1 year old hens who lay beautiful eggs. One, two year old Alpha hen who's good... but then there's 2 year old "Atilla". Attilla's a horrible bully; she's often broody; she tries to 'crow' like a rooster; she rips the feathers off my 3 Easter Egger's faces & eats their...

I have a terrible, rather mean hen... I call her "Attilla the Hen"

Thank you. I realzed that after I posted it that I'd put it in the wrong place. I couldn'd find a way to delete it. Since found an awesome mobile Chicken vet in my area that's super affordable! Yay!

Thank you @FluffTheDuck this was very informative and concise. I'd love your opinion on this as it seems you're well versed in this. I did call a vet tec and she gave me some things to do... which I did. I caught the 2nd hen early, but the first one... I'm worried. They're both very sweet...

@rosemarythyme OH! That's a really good point - that I hadn't considered. This is my 2nd batch of hens & I'm still learning. And when I read what you wrote, I realized that I've seen them 'grooming' each other... I didn't realize they did that - so it really caught my attention. I make hot...

I've got the SAME thing going on with 3 of my easter egger hens. They're only 9 months old so they're not molting... I'm gonna go on "Bully Watch" today... and see if they're being picked on!!! Thank you @sourland

Wow, that's a great site, thank you for sharing it. I'll definitely keep this for reference!

Awesome! Thank you it's good to know! Yay! I know there's several varieties of elderberry - and the American varieties have even more health benefits, & immune boosting benefits than the european varieties. I'm putting in an american variety called "Ranch". I was just double checking my...

This was a fascinating thread. I"m planning on planting elderberries this year on the property. Most of my research says that elderberry contains cyanide... same as apple seeds. I found this video from a large elderberry distribution farm in Missouri, & it was pretty informative. In this...

Thank you! I will definitely check it out. I googled "Lash egg" and idk how I never heard of this before! I don't want to take any chances so I think I'd better give the vet a call & just have things checked out... I'm concerned however, with 12 chickens... how do we know WHO did it...

OH! I have never heard of that! Thank you! Other than keeping my eyes on things... anything else I should do?!?! I don't know who laid it... I have suspicions it's one of my Reds. Not sure what to do now?

I found this... thing today, when I was in the coop cleaning. It was by the nesting box, mixed in with a big, body looking pile of droppings. It's color caught my attention, so I isolated it. I haven't fed the girls anything unusual besides their regular, layer feed. They did have a little...

I keep our dustbath, uncovered - in a corner of our run, where I've placed stones at the edges to define it. I'm at the shore, so we have pretty sandy soil... but every few days or so, I hoe it up - to keep it loose & 'dusty'.... and even when it's wet out, it seems to dry pretty quick. I also...

I'm wondering if the vinegar worked to kill the mushrooms? About a week ago, I put a heated dog bowl in my coop, for winter. I raised it off the sandy dirt, on 2, cement slabs. I went out today & noticed white... at the edge of the cement, and thought... Why would there be a big, wet bunch...

I've got a few that are super loud this year too... I think they're just rejoicing their united 'womanhood' & girl power! Imagine laying all those eggs each week! Definitely hormones, and maybe a bit of an adrenaline rush too. My 12 hens start up a cacophony of joyful song each morning... but...

@aart - She does care for chickens! She's a one woman, traveling show! She said using the Sheep Drench for them today was ok for me to do. But she said tomorrow - I need to give them 5cc’s of Corrid per 1 gallon of water - for 5 DAYS. She said squishy poop like that is a sure sign of...