Hey all I have a black Coco Maran that is about 8 months old. she just up and stopped laying. she is not molting (no feather loss). She has not layed for about a week. she was laying every other day sometimes every day. It has been extermely hot here for the last two week but has got nice...
I have three hens that are just over a year old. recently i got 4 new checks 1 buff, 1 coco maran, 2 silver wyndadotes. they are at least two months old. the new chicks currently are in an old coop i replaced with a new one. the older hens free range during the day. we started letting the...
Charlotta was sitting on the nest all the time and i took her off and in addition i locked the pen so she could not go back in and sit again. it seemed to work as she does not sit for long periods of time on the nest. Leona is laying in the next and she does not sit on the egg. i will check on...
Three of my four girls were laying. i was getting two to three eggs a day. Charlotta the last to start laying got broody about two weeks ago and has since stopped laying. Leona is steady as she goes an egg a day. Dottie has also stopped. I realize it is getting to be fall here in Illinois...
Leona, Dottie and Carlotta are all laying now. Leona and Dottie lay once a day and Carlotta (who just started) is laying every other day. Leona's egg size has been increasing. so we are in the eggs. Tina my little wild girl is still running and hasn't started yet.
we got three eggs so far-2 outside the coop and yesterday one in the box. we put egg shaped rocks in all the nest boxes. oh the fresh eggs were so cute two were kind of small and the third was bigger.
One of my girls has started laying eggs. I got them in March and was told they were 2-3 weeks old. I am so excited. It has been very hot here in Illnois near St. Louis. She laid the egg outside the box in the coop. How would can I teach them to lay in the boxes?
they get to free roam in a...