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Best article yet! I have experienced all of this and enjoy my flock completely. They are family to me, as I am to them. Amazing creatures. Humanity could learn a lot from them.

Keep them with oyster shell and feed them 22% protein for a time. Eggs will get larger. Much larger! Have a good time with them.

Why do you think they have to sing their egg song? I believe the words to that song run along the lines of "Can you believe I laid something that HUGE!" I laugh every time my hens lay and sing. It is hilarious.

I have several versions of French Copper Marans. Too many roosters. I finally separated the almost white versions into my other coop and run, Then culled about 6 roos, at about 5 months. Got 2 more to go so I will end up white versions 3 hens and 1 Roo. i think they are called splash Marans...

My LG 9300 had a temp spike last night of near 107 for about 4 hours or so. I have heard that if the temp reached 104, the eggs were goners. This is my 5th batch and I have 12 Black French Marans,12 Americaunas along with 25 mixed breed eggs. This is the first batch that I spent money on the...

Thanks, Cluckberry! I should have known that! Not sure about the wet pellets but will try. I go to extraordinary lengths to keep my feed dry. Heard some scary stories about wet and moldy feed so I decided to keep it dry. Will report back in a few days concerning the outcome. Again, Thanks!

My hens are just over a year old. Have 5 RIR's, 3 White Leghorns, 2 Domineckers, 2 meat hens. All eggs have begun to be thinner. Seriously thinner as you can hardly handle them without breaking the shell. They have plenty of access to ground oyster and I feed them 22% Layer food. I average...

Great information. Normally, we don't get that cold in the winter but last week we got down to 8 or so with 15 mph wind! Chickens didn't miss a beat. Even though it stayed brutally cold for several days and nights, the 8 hens continually laid from 5 to 8 eggs a day! Everyone around here said...

Great information. Normally, we don't get that cold in the winter but last week we got down to 8 or so with 15 mph wind! Chickens didn't miss a beat. Even though it stayed brutally cold for several days and nights, the 8 hens continually laid from 5 to 8 eggs a day! Everyone around here said...

Maybe so. The woman I bought them from claimed they were 13 when I got them. Two weeks later, I started getting eggs. Now, 2 months later I have ten babies to deal with. Hope they are big enough to weather the cold which starts usually in late November.

You probably know way more than me but my leghorns started laying at 15 weeks or so. My RIR's waited until week 19. Small eggs at first, large now. Nearly extra large. Mine devour all the oyster shells I provide along with the layer pellets. If they had their way, they would only eat grubs...

Outstanding! Will try to breed some of those Blues next spring. If I can find some then. Just for fun, the Blue is the darker egg in the middle?

No matter the end color or breed, they are the funniest things I have ever had the pleasure to take care of. Thanks. I will add a couple of pics later.

No matter the end color or breed, they are the funniest things I have ever had the pleasure to take care of. Thanks. I will add a couple of pics later.

Awesome! I have got to get me some Easter Eggers! I may have a couple since my ten of twenty that hatched are yellow! I don't have any yellow chickens. RIR's, leghorns, domineckers. I am bumfuzzled!

Well, I suppose that is as good an explanation as any of why they sing the "Egg Song"! Outstanding for sure!

"Chicken tv"!!! BWAHHAHHA! So funny! Great you are finally getting eggs. MIne started laying about a month ago. Getting 4-7 eggs daily now.