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ASAP - Questions About Early Egg Laying
Hello everyone, So on August 5th, 2021 I adopted 6 supposedly pullets, but two turned out to be roosters. That makes my flock 2 Roosters and 4 Hens. So far no issues with aggression between the roosters, one rooster is mating with the hens however. My hens are only a little over 15 weeks and I...- Countryhippie
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- Forum: Chicken Behaviors and Egglaying
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Wrinkled and soft shelled eggs
I’ve had a girl recently lay a bunch of soft shelled eggs and just found a wrinkled egg. I have an idea of who the suspect is but i’m not quite sure. It’s most likely my buff orpington who is 15/16 weeks and 4 days. I would assume that because she’s so young is why she’s having weird eggs but...- OrlandoMama
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- buff orpington early layer help soft shell soft shelled egg soft shelled eggs wrinkled egg wrinkled shell
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- Forum: Chicken Behaviors and Egglaying
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Help! Chickens Eating Eggs!
4 out of 7 of our pullets have started laying. 3 of the 4 have learned to use the nesting boxes, no problem. They each lay brown eggs, which are always left in the nesting boxes, untouched. The 4th pullet, our EE "Darla," seems confused about laying in the boxes and leaves her white eggs in the...- buffy-the-eggpile-layer
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- early layer egg egg eater egg eaters egg eating eggs nesting box
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Youngest age for coturnix to lay?
hi all! I hatched my second set of coturnix on June 10th and 11th and ended up with 5 perfect little guys and one that became cross legged as it grew. Not sure if I will cull that one yet as it seems ok for now. The weirdest thing is that it’s July 2nd, and I found an egg with them- they’re 3...