Recent content by Dmad

I've got 3 hens around 7-8 months old. All 3 have been laying for over a month and their shells are nice and hard. I supplement with oyster shell. I also have ceramic eggs in the laying boxes. The youngest ee has been pecking the tip of her own egg (she leaves tbe other 2 alone). Not sure how to...

Just got my first EE egg this week! They were almost 5 months old and free range for most of the day.

I've got a couple of EE's. They are about 5 1/2 months old. No eggs yet!

Our cockerel started crowing softly when around 4-5 months old. You could barely hear him at 6:30 am. In the following 2 weeks he got much louder and earlier. After weeks of the 4:30 am crows, I found him a new home where they don't mind the noise. We have another EE cockerel that is starting to...

Hi everyone. I am new to the forum but have been raising a small group of hens (3 or less) for about 10 years. My last hen needed a flock of buddies so I got 5 new chicks. They are now 4 1/2 months old and one of them happens to be a rooster. He has been busting out his crow as early as 4:30...