I have a friend with chickens and she said one of her chickens laid this. It was about 4 inches long. She is very concerned. Has anyone seen anything like this before?
I only have 8 hens, but here it is, the dead of winter, and I still get 4 or 5 eggs/day. Not a wonderful or extra clean coop, but, when I was having the problem of too few eggs, the only thing I changed was, I ONLY give them layer pellets. They free range in the daylight hours, so they get...
I have had all of the above situations happening with my small flock of laying hens. Right now, though, I have 6 young hens (from 14 months down to 7 months)all laying almost every day. I get 4-6 eggs a day. For a long time, I was just getting 1 or 2 a day. Then I finally found a secret nest...
When I was originally having this problem, I read every suggestion, and tried everything. The one suggestion that ultimately made the difference was to stop giving them ANY scratch. They always preferred the scratch, but now that I'm feeding them only laying pellets, they are laying pretty...
Thanks for the advice about water. They have clean water available at all times. But when they come out of their coop/pen in the morning, they always rush over to the freshly filled horse water and drink a bunch. I probably should clean out and refill the water in their pen more than twice a...
Another thing I forgot to clarify. The hens that used to produce very well, but now are not producing at all, are 2 partridge rock hens, and 2 production red hens, and they are approx. 2 years old.
Thank you. I forgot to add some details. I was told about the shorter days, so we installed a light with a timer in January, and within a couple of weeks, they were laying again. I also forgot to talk about their diet. I give them laying pellets, mixed half and half with scratch, in a hanging...