Not sure if you want to grow anything on the inside as they will eat the plant. Outside would be better, but make sure that the plant doesn't all of the sun. Anything like a fern bush would work
The black ones with good around their necks are Black Sex links. They will give you 300 plus brown eggs their first 2 years. The red one is s Production Red, a hatchery RIR or NH that was meant for egg laying.
Silkies in general tend to mature later than other breeds. Not sure about Cochin's, but since there is silkie blood in her it may be another 1 month. Is that all your have?
Also, you can do what I did. Fill the egg with mustard or anything spicy and put it back in the nest. I put blinders on my chicken and there have not been any eaten eggs since. She was doing this for about 1-2 weeks and it wasn't that hard to break. You can probably buy blinders at your local...
Yup. That would be fine. You can also use DE but that is for prevention and I'm not sure what your case is. Poultry dust also works fine in prevention and in curing. Permethrin works best
I keep it on mine all day every day, until they are 6-8 weeks. Start at 90 Fahrenheit and Each week you go down 5 degrees Fahrenheit. The lowest after that is 70 Fahrenheit
Actually, it could be hollow. Could there be a very small crack that you haven't noticed and air possibly got in? The egg shell could just not bes as thick.
Her eggs might be small for a little while. They don't take too long to get to the large either. One day will be 1.2 oz, next 1.45 oz, next is 1.7 and so on
No chicken actually has a determined volume level. I can hear mine cackle when I'm inside my house. All chickens will make noise but some will make less and some will make more noise. Typically leghorns are known for being very flight.
There are plenty of breeds that are amazing layers. Wyandottes are actually one of them for producing around 200-250 eggs per year for their first 2 years. Other breeds ( some even better) Black Sex Links, Red Sex Links, Leghorns, PRs, RIRs, and so on. These breeds give you 300 plus eggs their...
Could she possibly take on being a mother and going broody? Easter eggers however, aren't the best layers and can take a couple weeks off. Mine did that and they started baxk