Posts by kaankboom

When my Australorp gets scared she runs into her coop, and if she gets scared into the nest she will sit in there for 2-3 hours. But she will get off the the nest if she gets scared.   Is she practicing brooding or is she just...

My Australorp has started laying eggs for 2-3 weeks now, and today she layed an egg. I think there is something wrong with the egg           Thanks :).

I recently returned from a holiday in turkey, and i was staying at my uncles house and he has a cage full of chicken that lay only double yoked eggs. Does anyone know what breed of chicken it is?

Quote: Originally Posted by mickey328  Have they just started laying?  Sometimes it takes them a while to figure it out.  If feasible, you could put a golf ball or two in the nest boxes and shut them in the...

My chickens seem to be laying everywhere... except my nest boxes, and they never lay in the morning.   How can i make them lay in the nest boxes and to lay in the morning

One of my chickens laid my first egg EVER!!!!   Heres a picture Life size feel free to post a picture of your first egg!!

Quote: Originally Posted by Cowgirl71  At 3-4 months, I'm thinking it's a pullet.  I'd expect to see more comb and saddle feathers at least developing if it were a rooster.  But...

Quote: Originally Posted by Cowgirl71  I'm quite certain it's a girl.  Do you know how old it is?  Would you be able to post a picture better showing the saddle and tail...

Quote: Originally Posted by Syerf  I think the second picture looks like a black sex-link rooster.  He looks too dark for a barred rock rooster, except for his head which seems too light. But its a hen

Quote: Originally Posted by SIMZ  It could be stress from the move.  It could be that they're molting.  It could also be the shortened days.    Do you know if they were both laying...