One of my chicken passed this mass and my husband discovered on the floor of the coop with several of the hens trying to eat it. He said all the chickens were there and seemed fine but of course he never examined them or wouldn't even know what to look for. I have several pictures of it and was...
I have 3 EE pullets that started laying about 6 wks ago.
They all started with very tiny pullet eggs and were slow
to increase in size. They just started to get a little bigger and
BAMB 2 of them quit laying altogether. They other slowed to
one or 2 a week. One started back after a week and they...
We have had a problem with the white of our eggs.
For a few weeks now they have been too thin and runny
the larger the egg the thinner the white. They spread out
in the skillet like a really old store egg. Shoot! these are fresh
and gathered twice a day at least. They are fed 16% laying...
My original hens 16mos are going through a molt now.
They are looking kind of tacky with no real bald spots.
Some days all will lay an egg and other days just about
half of them are laying. I have been giving them raw fish
scrapes about 2x a week but have been wondering if they
could benefit...
My first little blue/green egg. Have had 3 EEs since the first
of March. Seemed like this day would never come. I dont
know for sure which one of the 3 laid the egg but have
been watching the one making a nest on top of a straw bale
and that is where it was found. Now I hope the other 2 get...
Just read a post on here about the rooster being too young
to fertilize eggs. Whats the deal on that? If they breed the
hen you mean there is a chance the eggs wont be fertile??
I only have young roosters. Dont tell me if I have a hen go
broody now her eggs wont hatch?
Got an shelless egg tonight at 10 pm. All eleven hens that are laying had already
laid today. It was not there at 7:30pm when I was up there. I had 11 yesterday too.
Here's the thing I have 3 young EE's nearing the point of lay.
The membrane was a very light tanish color not blue.
I have been...
Why would just one hen out of 11 be laying a very soft shell egg?
They all have acsess to crushed egg shells free choice.
That is all I have ever used for over a year and have had no
problems at all. I have noticed for a while egg yolk on some of
the eggs. More than once I have had to change out...
I want to put my 12wk old chicks in with the older layers
Can I feed flock raiser to all the the flock until the youngings
are to the point of lay. Of course I will have calcium available
in the form of egg shells free choice.
Will this work for the older girls as well it has more protien but
I...
But just curious. My laying hens are Golden Comets and doing great.
They began laying at 15 wks last July and are still going strong.
Only had one slump when the daylight went to less hours and so
I put on a light and everything went back to normal. My lowest days
have been 6 eggs for 11 hens...
I have 6 EEs that are 5wks old. We moved them out to the coop today.
DH and DS worked and sectioned of a space for the new chickes in the coop.
It is a 3x8ft space seperated by chicken wire. The chicks and the hens can
see each other but not get to each other. We think this may help get them...
I never had one of these before. One of my 1 yr olds laid this
I havent cracked it yet to see if it has a yolk or not.
I wonder if it means one of my ladies is getting ready to stop
laying for a while. They have been laying pretty heavy so maybe
they are tired.
Ok folks here is pictures of mine. Please dont tell me it is a roo.
She is 22 days old today or maybe a few days older but I have had her 22 days.
A friend of mine named her specks as she looked like she was wearing glasses.
What is this pattern called? Someone said she was an EE Splash.
I got my 6 Easter Eggers at TSC yesterday. They all seem to be doing well
eating and drinking and pooing. Of course they only had straight run so
I hope I didnt get too many roos. What do you think??
chick 1 this one even has a few feathers on its toes.
Chick 2
Chick 3
One of us...
I have 11 golden comets who have layed like gangbusters since 15 wks
I feed laying crumbles free choice 24/7. We started giving them fish from
my sons fishing every day. We watched the eggs increase in size. But didnt
really conect it to the fish. Just knew the extra protien was good for them...
I have noticed that many of you do not have feed and water in the coop.
Why is this? I got my chicks in March and have always had feed and water
in the coop. When they are outside they always come in to eat and drink.
I have been staying in because of the bitter cold and my son has been
taking care of the chickens for me. I decided to try going to the coop
this morning and discovered a hidden nest with 17 frozen eggs in it
some were even cracked open. I wondered why the egg count has been
down some lately.
I...
I have 11 golden comets born the middle of March
They began laying the first week of July at 15weeks
I was told they begin to lay early but was still thrilled
that they did.
They are still going strong and I get 11 eggs most days.
I keep thinking wow! If I'm dreaming don't wake me up.
They lay...
I am fairly new to chickens I now have 11 wonderful Golden Comets
all laying for me. I would like to get about 3 chickens that lay green or
blue eggs. Is there any way to tell if a EE will lay green or blue eggs as
verses more brown eggs?
I have neighbors that have lots of chickens but know...
Should have known something was up as they were all singing and celebrating this egg.
This one weighed almost 4 oz. Hey folks that is almost a 1/4 pound in one egg.