Recent content by davidfchickens

I have a buff orpington hen, the smallest of the bunch, who got into a bag of whole corn, possibly alfalfa pellets and grit I think. The day after, her crop was massive and hard. Today she is less lethargic but seems to have a similiar size crop. I don’t want to do surgery!! Is there a solution...

That’s reassuring—will do!

Yes!!! Thanks!

Hello, I own 6 Buff Orpington Pullets, around 6 months old. One is laying, the smallest of the bunch. All the others are at different points. Some look close to mature, there are a few that are NOT mature at ALL. Since they getting older, I switched to a 16% layer feed. They enjoy alfalfa hay...

Ahhh fascinating! I thought the bloom was invisible tbh so I was confused haha!

Ok here’s the thing, super smooth, with these super tiny dots of whiteish-but then when i rubbed it a little, it became a super smooth brown, solid color egg. Crazy!!

Does this look like a pullet egg size wise? Or is this a normal BO egg?

We got another egg!!!!!! It was warm, I was stalking haha!

We got our first egg! A nice brown color, unfortunately it was frozen and cracked because I was not anticipating it. But that feeling is so fun! On of my hens these past few weeks really matured quickly, huge red combs, intense squatting, and then I find this! — Also, tips on the freezing and...

First egg!!! So happy!! It was frozen because I didn’t anticipate it haha, but I will put a pic below! One of my smaller hens started squatting insanely, for about a week, and then I find this! —

This is old, but I have 6 buff Orpington hens. Most of them have at least one sign of laying. Most of them have red waddles, one of them squats a little, and they are at 23/24 weeks. I am dying for eggs. They free-range and have a good coop, with some windows that let in some nice light during...

Wowza! Those are beautiful, absolutely buffs, but definitely not hatchery quality, those are some poofy birds!

How are they doing?

Still waiting, moved nesting boxes out coop and into dark corner of run, hopefully they find it...at 21 weeks about. Just can't wait for farm fresh eggs. = ^ ]

Lucky!! Still waiting over here. :rolleyes::fl