Posts by LestersFlat

I have read the articles recommended in the beginning of this post, and believe that our girls are well taken care of, well fed, and not especially stressed, but am still curious when they say decreased egg production, how much of a...

Rotten Roo     Trying to be a Mama

Short of picking her up and putting her back in the other box, is there anyway to keep her on the right eggs?

I have a hen who has been trying to hatch some eggs for the past 2 weeks—problem is, she is in one of the 2 popular nest boxes, and she sometimes switches locations from one box to another. The box she's been using for over a week is...

Well, I just ate some potato salad that had 3 of the half-floating eggs in it. If I am not dead by tomorrow, I'd say the float test works for sure.    BTW, here's a pic of all of my recovered eggs.

Wow! That sounds like a great solution. I should have all 3 of those possible ages in the mix. I'll let you know how I make out.   After the float test: About half didn't float at all, and the rest only half-floated...one end...

For weeks we have been trying to figure out why our egg production has gone from about 8 a day, down to 3 or 4, from our hens. Just today I found the cache—37 eggs laid in the stack of hay bales where they made themselves a lovely new...

I tend to agree, and I think she might have already escaped her confinement to join them. (I am working on a job deadline and can't go out to check on her.) I only worry that if she is afraid to go back in the coop at night, and I...

Let me start by saying it's a small flock: one rooster and 9 hens. They free range during the day, which is sort of how the problem started. A Jack Russell from across the street got into the open coop while this hen was on the nest...

Thanks, folks.   I didn't see the dog, but I don't think it was hurt in the least.   As for the vet wrap, is that the same stuff they wrap your arm with after you give blood? The stuff that sticks to itself? Can you...