egg advice

  1. EmilyAlamano

    Help! 15 hens and just a few eggs a day

    We are trying to figure out why our egg production has gone down so dramatically these last couple months, could it be that we added a rooster or pigs? Here’s lots of details - 15 hens, 1-7 eggs a day usually less than 5 Age: 10 of them are 2.5yrs old, 5 of them are 6 mo old Location: Pacific...
  2. D

    Relocating my duck's egg to her "new" nest. Should I do it?

    I have two muscovy ducks. The female laid her first egg last Friday. She chose one of the holes she made on the ground as her nest. Last morning and earlier this morning, however, she laid another 2 eggs in the duck house, which means she has two different nests in two different locations. I'm...
    • deltav
    • Thread
    • breeding duck eggs duck nesting egg advice muscovey duck nest
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: Ducks
  3. Newchickadventure

    I got my first egg!!!

    My 19 week old Rhode Island Red just laid her first egg. I’m so excited! This is my first time raising chickens. I don’t know much, but I was thrilled to see an egg when I went to check on them this morning. I have nesting boxes, but she decided to just lay it on the coop floor by the food bowl...
  4. HensAndFriends

    Flock Rotation for Eggs

    I have 15 hens (which is my optimal number) A) 10 pullets | 5 months old B) 3 hens | 1 year and 2 months old C) 2 hens | 2 years and 3 months old So I want to rotate out my old hens by selling them, and buy new chicks every spring. I have been trying to figure out a good schedule…. Which...
    • HensAndFriends
    • Thread
    • chicken chickens chicks egg advice egg behavior hen 1 year old laying age old birds with new chicks rotation
    • Replies: 15
    • Forum: Managing Your Flock
  5. B

    Any help on egg bound hen please !

    Hello My 7 month old Silkie started laying last month, I’m not sure if she began laying too young. She laid an egg last night and was fine this morning she was fluffed up and it looked like her breathing was laboured with her tail up and down, she wouldn’t eat and her crop had not fully...
  6. W

    White stuff on egg shell

    All of my chickens just started laying their eggs. Today one of the eggs had some white stuff on it. Wonder what it is. Was thinking maybe a little crack on the egg made egg white come out or something? All insights are welcome. Hope anyone reading this is having a good day with their own flock...
  7. K

    Chicken laid an adnormal Egg.

    I've ordered calcuim, and got some aqua mox recommended from someone on here and I'm waiting for some dewormer. All should take a day or two to arrive. But I'm really worried about my chicken. Updated my other post on disease/illness but thought maybe I can see what you guys think about her...
  8. CloneFly

    Hen Won't Lay!

    Hello! I have 2 Black Sex Links that I rescued as chicks some months ago; they were pretty sick back then, but managed to pull through. They're about 7-8 months old now, and one has been laying for about a month now, but her sister (Dotty) has yet to lay. The girls were in the same cage for a...
  9. Dfarago

    What happened to my eggs?

    I got an incubator to hatch out my Jersey Giant eggs. First time using an incubator. Out of 11 eggs 6 seem to not be doing anything (maybe infertile). 4 we’re developing then all the blood vessels seemed to detach and pool in the same spot. And one is maybe coming along properly. I have pictures...
    • Dfarago
    • Thread
    • chick chicken egg abnormalities egg advice egg behavior incubabtion incubaor incubate jersey chickens jersey giant chicks
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: Incubating & Hatching Eggs
  10. V

    What colour eggs will she have?

    I know I won’t know until she lays but thought it might be fun to guess what this backyard mix may lay based on her traits. I have NO idea what the parents are. She has a really big comb and wattles at 16 weeks. And her earlobes look white/bluish… What do YOU think?
  11. A

    Anyone know how old these babies are??

    • Aleah913
    • Thread
    • egg advice eggs & duck hatch a duck
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Ducks
  12. Dfarago

    Incubating with multiple hens

    I have two jersey giant hens and an evil rooster. Last clutch we had he murdered several chicks before I could intervene (they were new for us and I didn’t realize he would be so aggressive with his own chicks. please don’t judge too harshly 😭) so we got an incubator. So I’m wondering, since...
  13. NinjaGamer2022

    Do I need a license to sell extra eggs in Ohio?

    I hope to sell both edible and hatching eggs from both chickens and quail but don't know if I need a license. Thx,
  14. RogersMotoChicks

    Hen Has Never Laid an Egg-13 months

    I have a hen who has never laid an egg. She is a 13 month old Buff Orpington. She’s always been on the petite side and comb is still lighter in color and very small. As well as her beak. She’s 1/15 hens. Has plenty of room and diet is solid. She’s never shown interest in nesting boxes and...
  15. F

    Holes in my eggs!

    Newly laid eggs keep coming up with holes in them, and I’m worried! I had a rat problem due to a hole in my duck’s coop and I am thinking maybe they found another way in again? The holes all are the same shape each time. I’m just hoping it isn’t another duck poking holes. The yolk doesn’t seem...
    • finneasW
    • Thread
    • duck advice duck egg problems ducks egg advice egg problems eggs holes in eggs
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Ducks
  16. msgrace316

    First egg is funny looking!

    I have 5 hens and 2 have started actively laying. I found a third egg in the coop today though that was really small, a little pointier, lighter in color, and kind of translucent with this tiny dots all over it. I know first eggs can be funky looking but I just wanted to make sure this didn’t...
  17. P

    Duck eggs on roof ‘garden’

    Hi everyone, i’m just looking for some advice. I’ve seen ducks land in my ‘garden’ before but i live above a shop so my garden is an industrial roof. We’ve seen a egg with yolk a couple of times broken and abandoned and presumed it may have been dropped or something because there was no...
    • practical_hand
    • Thread
    • ducks egg advice eggs eggs & duck
    • Replies: 11
    • Forum: Ducks
  18. F

    Weird stuff on my egg

    While collecting eggs, I found this egg that has a weird abundance of bug egg(?) looking stuff on it. The egg was rotten anyways so I didn’t mind throwing it away but it was pretty gross. Just out of curiosity, anyone know what it is? Image below (it’s kinda nasty)
    • finneasW
    • Thread
    • duck egg duck eggs egg egg abnormalities egg advice rotten egg stuff on egg
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Ducks
  19. Ccm377

    Is this turkey egg viable?

  20. H

    Incubating peachicks

    Hello! I’m incubating chicks. One has already hatched and it only took about 4 hours from when I noticed the pipe. The second egg piped and we’re now going on 36 hours since then. It’s opened enough that I can see it’s breathing. Doesn’t seem to be sticky. Every once in awhile it chirps. I don’t...
    • HStevens
    • Thread
    • advise egg advice hatch pea chick
    • Replies: 13
    • Forum: Peafowl
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