Recent content by BokSylvan

In short, if I don't intervene, what is the risk of some pullets not being able to "figure it out?" The problem: they can't seem to achieve the peace to lay. Will they become egg-bound, or suffer any other stress illness if they can't find peace? Or will they eventually just lay it, wherever...

Hello, Even though it's been so long, I'm wondering what the outcome of this search was for you. Reason I ask, is that I'm experiencing the same issue with some of my pullets. They're newly laying, and behave distressed, looking for something- a place to lay, the ability to get comfortable...

Thank you both for the coaching. Jasper is the stormcloud-black one in the run doorway. It seems to be a product of young/new layer and probably a bit of stress. I'll try to get them more privacy and steady calcium and we'll see. That video was educating; I've always wondered what those white...

Wyorp Rock, thank you so much for responding with this information. Yes, then they are pullets (8 born about 3/15/20) and Jade is a cockerel (born about 3/21/20)... a little over 4 months old. Opal: 1st layer, lays with moderate fuss in the coop nesting boxes Sweet Pea: 2nd layer, troubled...

Our Sapphire Gem "Jasper" just started laying this week. Her first egg was normal: small, hard and brown. Her second was soft. Yesterday she didn't lay at all and today she had trouble. We ended up putting her in the bathtub with warm water and she finally had her... eggs. The larger one came...