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Not a waterfowl owner but nice to see anyone not a bot on the forum. Welcome back to the hobby, Pete.

I'm guessing on the outside of the egg?

A number of things can cause what you describe. Is he or has he been on a worming regimine? Some people feed probiotics, i.e. yogurt, to their birds to balance gut flora. But it's inexact to...

Hens hatch with a set number of eggs they'll produce for life. What determines how many eggs a good layer produces? Is it that they lay their finite number of eggs more often or are born with more? ...

I imagine with the sudden changes in food and various treatments he's is trying to regain equilibrium. How is his movement?

I use a few drops of Ivomec is what I use when the need arises.

Because your hen's death and the odd behavior was a single incidence it's premature to connect the two. Personally I've never seen what you've described that but I've never had silkies and have only...

Show quality or non?

Welcome, Saphira. I wish I had been able to do 4-H as a kid.

Not sure if this is a valid spot, but I'm looking to buy some white chicken feathers in good condition. Wing, tail, hackles, saddle, doesn't matter. I'm getting married in June and want to make some...

There was a member here who posted a hen with an injury to the bone on a leg/foot and she healed. I didn't think it had broken bones however. Did you see/fix how the coyote got into the pen?

I've never seen an example first hand but looks like dry pox? I'm reading up on it online, here's one from the state of Michigan...

Aside from Rich's good advice have you noticed any feather picking by other birds? During winter when they're shut in they can get bored and aren't getting forage in their diet so they go after each...

I empathize. This seems to be a banner year for them as I've seen more coon roadkill than I'd prefer. Of course this means as a speed bump they are not harassing poultry.

Feel any better after all that?

I agree. If the problem could be genetic you would wouldn't want to breed her.

At least she wasn't selling Avon...

Is she battling her reflection? I had a few of my older hens who'd scale the steep porch steps to a) poop and b) see what we were having for supper and ideally get a handout.

They're 3rd generation farmers who've been raising dairy cattle for years full-time. Stephen, generation number four, has really fallen for the yak. There are other people interested in the herd and...

Fortuitous or not, Vermont Yak Co. is for sale and my fiance and his folks are currently looking to buy the whole herd. I haven't thrown myself on the bandwagon just yet, still doing proverbial...