egg laying behavior

  1. crystalsc

    Laying outside of the coop

    I found my alpha hen laying in my tomato plant. The rascal has figured out she can jump the gate into the garden and get into the raised garden bed. They are two years old and they have never laid outside of their coop before. Any clues why she is now doing this? I have not found the others...
  2. A

    Olive egger hasn’t laid and Pale comb

    Hey so it’s our first winter with our 3 beautiful ladies.(olive egger,Easter egger, and a cream legbar) The olive egger aka Olivia hasn’t laid this winter, and now that I’m looking at her her comb is pale. She’s been eating and her treats as well, but hasn’t been laying or just been down a bit ...
  3. Butt_Nugget_Hut092

    18 Week Old Pullets | Mixed Breeds | Laying Age Question

    Hi, So I was hoping someone could give me an estimated time frame in which these chicken breeds start laying. I know the general rule that is seen most often is between 18 to 24 weeks, but that's not a true statement for different breeds of chicken. Various breeds have different time frames. So...
  4. boopsqueak

    Winifred's Nesting Box Weirdness.

    Hello, Our Speckled Sussex, Winifred (roughly a year and a half old) has been acting rather strangely lately. We're not sure how long this has been going on for (maybe since August?), but she has taken to sitting in the nesting box, turning around, and acting as if she is going to lay an egg...
  5. Sofainthefog

    New pullet not laying in nesting boxes, should I be concerned?

    I have a cuckoo maran pullet who just started laying at 18 weeks. She started squatting a few weeks ago, and then practiced the egg song a couple times before I found a very cute tiny egg under the brush where they typically relax during the hot part of the day. then a few days went by and...
  6. D

    My chicken’s stopped laying eggs

    So all of the sudden my chickens have stopped laying eggs. I have 8 hens 2 roosters a duck and a goose. They all live happily together in the same coop. Has been that way for 2 years. Then 3 of my chickens started brooding so they stopped laying one of the brooders killed one of the others for...
  7. N

    Unusual behaviour favorelle

    Hi all! The last 2 or 3 days I have realised that my 7/8 month old favorelle has been has been venturing off to "lay". She free ranges along with my other hens. But when I go to check her new spot, there are no eggs. I had a feeling she might have been egg bound.. because maybe she was trying to...
  8. 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...
  9. youngbirdmom

    1 Year Old Speckled Sussex Not Laying

    My speckled sussex is a little over a year old and I am almost positive she has never laid an egg. It wasn’t until 2 or 3 months ago that she started turning red but she is nowhere near as bright as my other hens. Recently when outside and I’m by the run she will come to a corner near me and...
  10. MaybeMay

    Hen has only ever laid 1 egg in 7 weeks. Help!

    Hello everyone. I have an odd situation going on with my blue Australorp Blueberry who is nearly seven months old. She laid her first egg just over 7 weeks ago and has not laid since. We did have to take her rooster buddy away a couple days afterwards as he finally started to crow and we can’t...
  11. PancakesMom

    When should I break my broody Muscovy?

    New to this community! I have a 10 month old Muscovy named Pancake who is on her first egg laying/ broody cycle. We have a lot of Muscovys in the area and we found Pancake as an abandoned hatchling and could not bear to leave her behind so we took her in. She is mainly an indoor bird but we do...
  12. Countryhippie

    Double Yoke Eggs

    Hello everyone. I had a quick question regarding double yolk eggs. Every time I get an egg from one of my hens they come out with two yolks. Is this okay for her or is it going to hurt her? I was just wondering if there was something I was doing or feeding them that causes this? I do feed my...
  13. K

    White leghorns not laying

    I have 3 white leghorns in our mixed flock, they are a year old. we have only had about 10 eggs from all of them. It is easy to tell as they are the only white egg layers :-) All the chicks are normally free ranged in the PM so thinking the leghorns may be laying outside of the coop we have been...
  14. F

    Secret Nest is Now Out of Bounds - What Can I Do?

    My four ex-batts have been with me for a little over a month now, in that time they've started roaming and it's been lovely to see them build their confidence. Bit of background; I live on a rural lane and one of my neighbours also has chickens who have always been free range. So I didn't...
  15. Stephoney

    Hen Interrupted Laying

    I opened a coop today to clean it and found my salmon faverolles, Phyllis, laying in the nesting area. I quickly apologized and closed the door. Normally, she would have just ignored me and kept laying, but for some reason she came out a minute later and started to squawk like she’d laid her...
  16. MomsterT

    When will hen start laying again after mothering?

    I have a silkie hen who went broody in the fall. She hatched 7 of the 9 on November 7th-9th and raised them fantastically. I let dad into the coop approx 2 weeks old to introduce him and see how he did. The stepped in and helped raise and protect them (super surprised at that). My worry is that...
  17. Stephymonster

    Hen started laying and attacked flockmate

    Edit: thanks so much for the advice, now that it’s daylight we think she hurt her head on the fence, and will be putting them back together today as well as changing the type of fencing! :)
  18. rach032785

    Laying eggs NOT IN NEST BOX

    Hi - we have 4 ladies who have been laying for over a month. Last week, we noticed them laying sometimes in their nesting box but also in the tray in their roosting poop box, not sure if they’re roosting when it’s laid or if they are sitting in the sand. since Sunday - they are not laying at all...
  19. Maryam.

    Reducing laying in ducks

    Hey, Is there any way to reduce laying in ducks? My duck has been having laying issues for months now and no vet could diagnose or help her, and unfortunately hormone implant is not an option where I live. She’s been through a lot of courses of antibiotics and it’s not calcium deficiency. I...
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  20. C

    Chicken laid an empty egg ?

    Hi Guys, My Barnevelder laid a small empty egg the other week (3 weeks ago), no soft shell egg just a mini egg with nothing inside. Since then she has not laid again, sometimes I see her going into the next and sitting in there for a while but doesnt lay anything! Is this normal? I’m not 100%...
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