I'm glad to see everyone doing well on egg production. I haven't had much luck though. My girls are sisters, almost a year old and I think going into a molt. I had 1 egg Saturday, 0 eggs Sunday, 1 egg Monday, and 1 egg today. I know the weather has been crazy but their frizzy feathers are...
I work at night and sleep during the laying period of the day. All my Orphingtons look the same to me and I can't distinguish just who's on the nest w/o marking her. I don't think I'll be dying a vent either! I guess I'll just have to hope they all are producing eggs. 03/27/13: Two eggs and...
We got seven from fourteen hens again. I'm going to have to figure out who is laying and who's not. I'm thinking of putting some sort of colored marker in the top of the nest boxes to see who's marked and who isn't. We're getting five eggs one day and eleven the next.