thank you. I knew about the lack of production, color, and smaller eggs. I just was wondering if there was a general time line. I will be patient. Thanks
I have an EE that is 19 weeks and is still not laying. Do EE's take longer to lay? She is with egg laying chics. So I know she knows what to do. LOL. Please share your experience with me. Thanks
I have an EE that is 17 weeks but has been with an egg layer for half her life. I only have the two. She mimics the other hen and lays in her nest box in the evening. What is the earliest age that they will lay. I know the normal is 19-22 weeks. Thanks for the help.
Thank you all. I am still new at this, so I just wanted to make sure that she was not stressing. If she was then maybe there was something I could do to release the stress.
I need some help. My hen is changing the time that she is laying her eggs. She started out about 9-9:30 am. The past few days it has gotten later and later in the day. Today she did not lay till after 4pm. The only thing that I can think of is there has been big thunder storms. The stress...
I guess that I have been lucky with mine. It only took 2 days for them to figure out when it was time to go in. I would open the door to the coop at a specific time and put them in. After a couple of times of this they knew to go in at that time. I was preoccupied yesterday and lost track of...
You should be fine. The most important thing that I have experienced was water. Water...water...and more water (h20). Do you have pine shaving in the brooder? If so you may need to have someone check on them to make sure the shavings are not in the water because they will soak up the water...
This is a picture of my 7 week old Barred Rock. I know he looks big for "it's" age. I seen pictures of hens with crowns like this. Can someone help me out?
I am in the same boat as you are. I got a chick from a friend that has multiple species. I believe I have a Barred Rock also. To me it is hard to tell because of the crest. However, I have seen adult Barred Rock hens that have crest and waddle of a roo. Here is a picture of mine that is 7...