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Old girl is back in lay.

post #1 of 6
3/29/12 at 12:44am
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My old Warren, Warrren, is back in lay. She appeared to go into permanent retirement about last July, having slowed to about 2 eggs per week (not bad for a 'production brown' and she definitely had earned her retirement.)

Today, she made a b-line for the outhouse when I opened the door and shot behind the garden tools...."Almost looks like the old beggar wants to lay" I thought. Anyway, 10 minutes later and she is out....and behind the tools 5 eggs, plus the really hot one she has just laid!

Grumpy, bossy, noisy, and pretty she ain't (wore a poultry saddle all winter to keep her warm as she is balding with age.....but back in lay at a ridiculously old age.

Only problem is this laying frenzy seems to have hit all my girls and I am getting 20-25 per day. I could have a bath in eggs!

 
 

 

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post #2 of 6
3/29/12 at 1:51pm

How many chickens do you have?

2 cats, 1 dog, 5 black sex links, 2 reds, 1 speckled sussex, and 5 silkies, 2 plymouth barred rocks, 2 buff orpingtons, 2 austalorps, 1 deleware, 2 EE's, 3 Mutts, 2 mixed roos, 2 golden laced,2 silver laced, and 2 blue cochins and 15 betta fish (so far), 1 little sister.

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2 cats, 1 dog, 5 black sex links, 2 reds, 1 speckled sussex, and 5 silkies, 2 plymouth barred rocks, 2 buff orpingtons, 2 austalorps, 1 deleware, 2 EE's, 3 Mutts, 2 mixed roos, 2 golden laced,2 silver laced, and 2 blue cochins and 15 betta fish (so far), 1 little sister.

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post #3 of 6
3/29/12 at 1:54pm

Egg shampoo for you!

Married to the old dude, 0 human kids, 2 horses, 10 cockatiels, 2 parakeets, 1 sun conure, 1 amazon parrot,  1 eccentric peacock, 1 gsd, 1 pet terrapin, 1 Blue Copper Maran rooster, and 14 world famous Jersey Giants!

 

 

Stan the Man will be missed.

 

 

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Married to the old dude, 0 human kids, 2 horses, 10 cockatiels, 2 parakeets, 1 sun conure, 1 amazon parrot,  1 eccentric peacock, 1 gsd, 1 pet terrapin, 1 Blue Copper Maran rooster, and 14 world famous Jersey Giants!

 

 

Stan the Man will be missed.

 

 

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post #4 of 6
3/29/12 at 10:02pm
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I have 25 hens and 5 roos.

 

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post #5 of 6
3/30/12 at 5:53am

Lucky you. We have 18 layers and never do we get 18 eggs. I think the most we ever got was 17 and we had more layers at the time. Whats your secret lol?

2 cats, 1 dog, 5 black sex links, 2 reds, 1 speckled sussex, and 5 silkies, 2 plymouth barred rocks, 2 buff orpingtons, 2 austalorps, 1 deleware, 2 EE's, 3 Mutts, 2 mixed roos, 2 golden laced,2 silver laced, and 2 blue cochins and 15 betta fish (so far), 1 little sister.

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2 cats, 1 dog, 5 black sex links, 2 reds, 1 speckled sussex, and 5 silkies, 2 plymouth barred rocks, 2 buff orpingtons, 2 austalorps, 1 deleware, 2 EE's, 3 Mutts, 2 mixed roos, 2 golden laced,2 silver laced, and 2 blue cochins and 15 betta fish (so far), 1 little sister.

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post #6 of 6
3/30/12 at 8:46am
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Can only be the fact that we pretty well always have lots of green grass. We have weather which is VERY mediocre!

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