egg laying

  1. S

    What is the best Turkey breed(s) for eggs?

    Hi all, I need to get some partners for my tom, but what breed(s) of turkeys are the best layers? I really want to get either Bronzes, Narragansets and Slates, but what do you all think is the best breed for egg laying? That's what I'm going off of. Egg laying ability. Just please don't say...
    • SilkieChicken123
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    • advice with breeds advice with turkeys egg laying eggs please come and help me out with breeds! please! turkey breeds turkey eggs turkey hens turkeys
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Turkeys
  2. Crazy Duck Lover

    Got my first egg today!! I have questions though.

    Ok I am SOOO excited!!! I got my first egg today! WooHoo! I have questions about egg laying and all that stuff. 1 - All my girls hatched on the same day. When should I expect the other girls to start laying? 2 - The egg is a dark color with white splotches on it. How to I get white eggs? 3 -...
  3. G

    Can a chicken with a lame leg still lay eggs

    My 17 week chicken broke her leg a month ago. I took her to the vet and they placed her in a cast. The break is now healed, but she still has trouble using the leg (kind of hops and drags it behind her). I have been doing some range of motion movements twice a day as the vet recommended too...
  4. K

    Flock Egg Count Down Significantly

    Hi all, We have a flock of about 75 chickens, a few different breeds. Maybe 12 of them are about 2 years old, and the rest are a year to year and a half. We had consistently been getting 50-60 eggs a day for many months, but over the last 4 months or so this has dropped to an average of 24...
  5. GrandmaJr

    Pullet concerned about her disappearing eggs

    I’m a first-time chicken mom and just learning the ropes (much thanks to BYC for much of my education! The rest of the credit goes to my ladies). Three of my five 19 week-old pullets are just starting to lay, and one (my Red X) appears to be very sensitive about her eggs going missing! She...
  6. H

    Chicken has not ever laid an egg.

    Hi all! I have a 24-week-old bantam White-Crested Black polish. She has not laid an egg yet and has been squatting for a few hours and making loud noises. My other chickens have been laying for a couple weeks (different breeds). I'm not sure if this is normal behavior or the egg is stuck?? She...
  7. S

    When should female Guinea Fowl start laying eggs?

    Hi all! So I have some guinea fowl that hatched on May 24th. They ended up all being females, which was a blessing. I've owned Guineas for a few years but I've never had females- only males. So I'm super happy to have these. :D But my question is- when should they start laying eggs? They're...
    • SilkieChicken123
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    • age egg laying eggs female guineas guinea guinea eggs guinea fowl guinea fowl eggs
    • Replies: 13
    • Forum: Guinea Fowl
  8. Crazy Duck Lover

    Murray McMurray Reviews!

    How’s was your experience with ordering fowl from McMurray? How was their customer service? We’re there any DOAs? How are the birds that you ordered doing now? How is there egg laying? Would you recommend/buy again? Anything else you’d like to add! I’m looking for reviews on all fowl, not just...
  9. W

    Can you over feed?

    can you over feed your chickens that they won’t lay eggs? I have 13 chickens and get 5 eggs a day. my chickens: 2 that are 6 years - one of them lay 2 that are 4 years - one of them lay 5 that are 18 months - three of them lay 4 that are 20+ weeks - they just started laying. they have...
  10. H

    Should I be concerned?

    Hey y’all, I have two older hens who have slowed their egg production after I switched to grower feed to accommodate for the new, younger birds in the flock. I know this is normal, but I haven’t seen an increase after switching the food back. My younger hens are egg laying age now so we are...
  11. S

    New to chickens and laying behaviours

    Hi everyone, I’m new to having chickens and have found this forum so useful! I have two pekin bantams and two silkies. Currently one of the bantams is broody and occupying the eglu go nest most of the day (until we turf her out to eat and drink!). The other bantam seems happy to squeeze in...
  12. E

    Hen stopped laying eggs for 5 months!

    Hello! I have searched this website endlessly with no definite answers to my problem. Hopefully you guys can help me. I have an almost 3 year old hen that stopped laying eggs for the past 5 months. I wanted to specifically collect her eggs so I could incubate them, so I moved her, the...
  13. M

    In the Bay Area, CA - three 11-month old buff orpington hens

    Hey everyone! I am moving out of the state in a month and sadly I will need to rehome my three buff orpington hens. They were all raised together, and they're in excellent health and great egg layers if you like fresh eggs! They usually spend half of the day in the coop, and half of the day free...
  14. E

    How do I stop my hens from laying in the winter?

    Bit of a weird one here. I've six hens of various breeds- two rhode island reds, a bluebell, a marbar, a buff-barred-rock and one that is potentially an astrolorp. They have total free range of our garden year round, about an acre, and are free to forage etc. on top of their daily feed of...
  15. Baumbergerflock

    Rollaway Nesting Box, Please Help!

    Hello all! First time chicken mom here, still learning everyday. My girls are going on 4 months old and I know they will be gearing up to lay soon, so I am working on the nest boxes this week. We inherited a chicken coop, that has a 2 layered, big metal communal rollaway nesting box mounted on...
  16. OrlandoMama

    My 13week pullet is sitting in nesting boxes. Will she be an early layer?

    I’ll be honest this is my first personal flock, but I’ve help raise chickens plenty of times with my parents for eggs and meat. I wasn’t expecting any eggs or laying behaviors for at least a month or so but one of my Rhode Island Reds started sitting in the nesting boxes. Also her comb and...
  17. 23kthistlethwaite

    Odd First Egg Thread

    Hello everyone! I went out this morning to find a very strange egg in one of my nesting boxes. I thought it was a nut at first then I thought it must be an egg from another bird since there was no way one of my chickens laid this, but my coop is sealed off from wild birds. I had to assume that...
  18. P

    Allowing hens to lay outside of nesting boxes?

    Does anybody let their free-range hens continue to use their preferred “unofficial” laying spots outside the coop? A few of my hens have started using this nice little spot at the base of a tree, not far from the coop/house. I can totally see the appeal - it’s quiet, safe, sheltered, and...
  19. Anime2lover

    1 year old silky never once laid an egg

    My silky hen is a year old this summer. She hatched early last summer and has never once laid. Our other two silky hens have been laying daily since mid fall without fail, so why has this one not yet laid her first egg??
  20. CherryCord

    The need to knows on duck laying?

    So my Pekin duck Sweetpea just layed her very first egg this morning. She is about 7 months old. I keep all my ducks in a big pen. I hadn't noticed her looking for a place to next until about a week ago. Yesterday I noticed she spent a lot of time in the corner if the pen and assumed she wanted...
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