I have several Buff Orf. hens that are steady layers. The question I have is that the shells and membranes are rather tough when I crack them. Is this normal or something else ?? The quality of the eggs is fine. Just tough to crack open.
The strange thing is an egg I cracked the other day...
I have just introduced 6 new 12 week old hen's into my established 1 1/2 year old hen's coop and yard. She is of course establishing the "pecking" order (literally) and has become quite vocal and animated around her new family. She tends to sit on her nest much more and has not had her laying...
I appreciate the input on my hen, brooding. She is up and about for the last 24 hour's. Still no egg's. She is eating, scratching about and seemingly normal. Being a new chicken person with one full grown hen and 6 ten week old chicks that have not been introduced into her area yet, I am...
For no reason, my 1 1/2 year old hen has suddenly stopped laying. She is so predictable that she lay's daily between 11:00am and 2:00pm. As of 2 day's ago....no more egg's. I can't find evidence of nest robbing but her normal behavior shifted from being out and about all day to just sitting...