mhegge
Songster
- Sep 2, 2015
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But she laid it on the coop floor, lol. My boxes are open and have had golf balls in them. Anything else I can do?
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Great, thanks. I have golf balls in so I'll wait. I found this one is the coop corner bedding when I was raking. We had 2 soft empty eggs this week so I figured it'd be soon. Also, how long does it take for an egg to be laid? I ask because a fee hours ago, I was walking behind one of the hens and I noticed her pushing a little, I could see the egg come out a bit and then go back in when she stopped pushing. I've been watching her but she hasn't laid yet. This is our first time with chickens so we're learning as we go.
My hens go in and out of the coop for an hour while singing the egg song, and then finally settle down and begin to lay. It's quite unusual for them to begin to lay and then stop.
If it doesn't come out in the next few hours then it might of gotten stuck, this can happen in young hens whose reproductive organs haven't fully gotten into the right routine yet.
Egg binding :
Symptoms
No interest in eating or drinking
Walking like a penguin
Abdominal straining
Going in and out of the nest box repeatedly
Watery diarrhea or no feces at all along with a full crop
Droopy and depressed
Pale face, comb and wattles
Hard abdomen
It's probably nothing, but it's best to check.
Thank you. She isn't showing any signs of anything, but I'll keep am eye on it. She may have snuck it somewhere too since they free range. I've been checking a lot but brown leaves hide brown eggs well
Sometimes the soft ones are harder to get out and can make them act kinds weird.Great, thanks. I have golf balls in so I'll wait. I found this one is the coop corner bedding when I was raking. We had 2 soft empty eggs this week so I figured it'd be soon. Also, how long does it take for an egg to be laid? I ask because a fee hours ago, I was walking behind one of the hens and I noticed her pushing a little, I could see the egg come out a bit and then go back in when she stopped pushing. I've been watching her but she hasn't laid yet. This is our first time with chickens so we're learning as we go.
Tell me about it! Once, when my leghorn was beginning to lay it just dropped out on the stairs into the coop.Sometimes the soft ones are harder to get out and can make them act kinds weird. First week or so they can drop them about anywhere