We are chicken newbies. We have 15 Cuckoo Marans (hatchery), they are only 30 weeks old and have been laying for about 10 weeks.
First a little background:
About 2-weeks ago we had several days of really bad storms. Lots of rain, thunder and even some hail. The girls are under a pole...
Someone in our flock of (15) Cuckoo Marans hens (all 28 weeks old, been laying ~8 weeks) is laying incredibly large eggs.
Should we be worried??
Is there any way to discourage it?
The first was 136g (Tuesday), then 140g (Friday) and today 147g (Monday). At this rate I am afraid they will...
I have had my solar powered, linear actuator automatic coop door, with a chicken night light in operation for a month now and it is working great.
All the credit of the design goes to Wick and his Heavy Duty Solar Powered Automatic Chicken Coop Door. It is a great well documented design. I...
This is our first experience raising chickens.
We have 15 Cuckoo Marans, they are 28 weeks old and have been laying for about 8 weeks.
Today my mother in law found something totally unexpected an incredibly large egg. It weighs 136 grams!!
It is so large that I am worried about the...