Thank you all for your replies and advice.
I have been very lucky (and Esmerelda) I think. She laid and egg this morning and it was fine, a bit small but who cares.
I will keep her on the complete feed and the extra grit and shells that she was already having and see how it goes. I think...
My chicken Esmarelda laid her first egg on friday, and another on saturday. On sunday while checking the nest box, I found an egg with a very soft shell, in fact it had split and the yolk had come out of it.
I have cleaned out the coop, but main concern is, has poor Esmarelda laid too many...
"Beds" that's funny.
Seriously, I have four hens and one of mine laid her first egg yesterday and a second one today.
I too was worried as mine free range the back garden until they put themselves to bed at night and then I shut them in. But I have always made sure that the nest box is as...
Well we poached the egg, and I have to say that it was delicious. It was lightly poached and nestled on a slice of my seeded bread (toasted). I have to say that though the egg was small it was so full of flavour.
Leigh my partner wanted me to eat it by myself but I just had to share it.
I have...
OK, So you may think that I am mad, but in my defense I am new to keeping chickens.
I have my first ever egg, laid today by Esmarelda at 8am this morning. and I am soooooooo proud and please, that I want to tell someone and I think that only people on this forum will truly understand just how...
Hello I would like to introduce myself. My name is Christine and I am from Milton Keynes in Buckinghamshire England. I am 56yrs old and have just got my lovely girls (I am a first time chicken keeper) on April the 19th 2010. My boyfriend bought me the chooks for my birthday (not til...