egg advice

  1. Starrponies

    Two chickens born last fall just not right any ideas why? What did I do wrong?

    I purchased a silver laced Sussex and a sapphire gem last fall as chicks I took care of them just the way I have any of my other chicks over the years but they were my first fall chicks ever. coming this spring they both produced eggs early and both produced extremely large eggs. the Sapphire...
  2. Goose in the snake room

    Advice for late hatching geese eggs

    I’m currently in lockdown with 2 white Chinese geese on day 32. Before I put them in lockdown I noticed their air pockets were a little smaller than I would have liked to see. Now I’m worried they won’t have enough oxygen from their internal pip to their external. So far no visible movement or...
  3. S

    How to get my girl to start laying again

    Quick question. My girl just turned a year old and has had her first molt like maybe 1 or 2 months ago. It's somewhat chili still but after her molt she went right back into laying eggs. However I want to say she's stopped laying for a whole 2 weeks now or just about. I've been feeding...
  4. M

    Darkish spots on eggs?

    I’ve noticed several of my hens are laying eggs that have some darker spots on them. It almost looks like the marks are inside the shell. I noticed this seemed to start around when the weather got colder. Could it have something to do with condensation maybe? The eggs seem normal when I open...
  5. Lauren84

    Laying eggs unusually

    Hello all, On Tuesday when I came home my 8 month old Indian Runner Custard seemed very quiet and still. Not her usual cheeky self. Shortly after this she laid an egg without a proper shell, it had a sort of soft membrane. Now this was unusual because Custard has been laying 2 eggs a day for...
    • Lauren84
    • Thread
    • @ miss lydia egg abnormalities egg advice
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Ducks
  6. Goblingchickenfather

    Pigeon laid an egg. (I have questions)

    My pigeon Laid an egg today. It's unfertilized since we don't have a male bird. Should I take the egg or just wait for her to get tired of sitting on it? She had laid another like a week ago, but it was at night and she was on top of a door so it broke lol.
  7. browngd

    Young Cream Legbar Not Laying

    We bought all of our chickens between June 7, 2023 - July 21, 2023. Almost all have started laying except our Ameracuana's and Copper Maran and the Cream Legbar. The Cream Legbar was purchased around June 20th and it's not yet laying even though ones we got after are laying. I have read that...
  8. M

    Confused - black copper maran laying sage colored egg

    Hello! This spring I purchased what I thought were 7 olive eggers, 3 mystic maran, 3 brahma and 2 americuanas. What I've ended up with are 2 black copper marans, 1 of which is a rooster, and 8 french black marans. However, the black copper maran hen is laying a sage colored egg and the french...
  9. B

    Could Clover have chicks?

    We have a sweet Brahma hen, Clover. She is under a year old, but was injured pretty badly. Her feathers, skin, etc. were completely ripped off at the top of her back, covered by her feathers on her head. We brought her inside our huge laundry room & have 3 dog cages all together to give her...
  10. J

    Does bumblefoot cause a pause in egg laying? And some bumblefoot advice too?

    My 10 month old Buff Orpington caused me concern that she is not laying eggs, it's been 5 DAYS--yikes. I considered that she might be decreasing eggs due to the shorter days. She was not showing the signature signs of being eggbound, no funny walk, no squatting, and no decreased appetite. In...
  11. Timbers Happy Hens

    Dead egg on hatch day?

    I have an egg from a batch of 6 that hasn’t hatched yet. All the other eggs finished yesterday and I’m just wondering if this one isn’t alive anymore. I finally decided to candle it this morning to check for movement and didn’t see anything. Any thoughts on if I should just call it quits or give...
  12. DovesFlock

    Egg that looks like kneaded dough?

    I don’t even know why this egg looks like this. It’s from a chicken that’s already been laying this is her first year.
  13. L

    First Egg?????

    I have a cream legbar who has been laying a light blue egg. I have a younger legbar mix who is due to lay her first any day. This am I found an egg on the ground not in the nesting box. Thought it was my older girl because I changed up the nesting material and figured she was protesting. I...
  14. abby_robinson

    Pullets always watch one of my mature hens lay

    Has anyone experienced this behavior? Ever since they got comfortable with my older hens, they will always follow one particular hen into the coop to accompany her while she lays. What’s funny is she’s the top hen, and also the meanest. Seems harmless enough and I laugh when I catch it. I’m...
  15. N

    23 week old hens not laying yet

    I have 1 Ameraucana, 1 Red Star (I think), 1 Whiting True Green, 2 Barred Rocks, and 2 Buff Orpington hens who all turn 23 weeks old tomorrow (Monday, September 11th). Last week, one of the buffs started laying very small eggs, and has laid 3 eggs since her first egg 6 days ago. But all the...
  16. XoWillowXo

    Need advice

    I had an accident with my incubator this morning and this was the only egg that got damaged I don’t think it broke all the way through no liquid came out so I’m wondering if the egg will still hatch or if I should remove it from the incubator.they’re at day 11
    • XoWillowXo
    • Thread
    • egg advice quail advice
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Quail
  17. S

    Which breed based on egg color??

    Please help me figure out which one of my chickens laid this egg? I have Easter eggers, buff brahmas, isa browns, cuckoo maran and Swedish flower hens I think these are from my Swedish flower? What does everyone think? I’m torn between the brahmas and Swedish flower! Thank you!
  18. Ronnie_

    New Laying Hens & Egg Question

    Hi everyone! We got our first egg last week, and then I believe my other Khaki Campbell started laying a day later. (Both white eggs) but the blooms are slightly different shades. I was getting 1 in the morning then the other Bloom shade in the evening. (Eggs on Friday, Saturday, Monday...
    • Ronnie_
    • Thread
    • egg advice egg bound duck
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Ducks
  19. I

    Bad egg production

    Hi I’ve had chickens since I was 4 I’m now 27 and I’ve had bad luck with my hens the past 3 years. Their laying is very inconsistent. I got 6 chicks three years ago(buff orpingtons and cinnamon queens) . They started laying later than what I’m use to(around a year and 3 months). Once they...
  20. Timbers Happy Hens

    Broody hen question!!

    So one of my gamefowl hens was going broody and trying to steal eggs from a hen that was already sitting. We had to move her to a separate coop as she ended up breaking two of the eggs. After we moved her she didn’t want to sit anymore and became very flighty. We’ve since moved her back to her...
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