egg production

Everything had been going great— my 10 girls have given us 6-9 eggs a day for a few months. Then, I MESSED UP! One morning I let the girls out into the run but accidentally left the door closed so they didn’t have access to the coop or nesting boxes until my husband went out to close the coop...

Hello, My goose laid her first soft egg on 10/26/23 and I have not seen an egg since. They are at the pond most of the day and locked in their pin at night. I have looked around the yard/pond and cannot find any evidence of a 2nd egg being laid. These are my first geese and not sure when to get...

We are adding supplemental lighting to the coop. We do know to increase gradually till we reach the desired time. How much light should we add? And is there a particular type of light? I know chicken chick says she uses an LED strip and Gail Damerow uses Christmas lights (maybe I have that...

Hey guys thanks for any help here I have 5 chooks all heritage breeds Australorp Wynadotte Orpington Plymouth rock Silkie All are only 1.5years old and I haven’t had a single egg for over 3-4 months from any of them. I find it super weird that all just stopped at the exact same time. They...

Hello friends. We live in southwest Michigan and currently the air quality is very bad, the AQI has been in the 200s this week. It is very smoky outside and I noticed this week that my girls aren’t laying like normal. Yesterday we only got 1 egg. I don’t mind because I’m just here for the...

Crows have been entering my chicken coop and stealing eggs. For the past couple of days I noticed my eggs were missing I thought my chickens weren’t producing. Does this at all effect egg production (stressing the chickens) and how can I prevent crows from entering my coop without blocking an...

The genetics forum doesn't seem to be overly busy so I thought I'd post here too :D. I have a small flock of mixed ducks which I will be hatching from this year; mostly just for fun but I would also like to focus on some traits. I am still pretty new to genetics and so far have only learned...

Hey y'all 👋 I hatched welsh harlequin ducklings in April of 2022 and they're officially ten months old and I'm not getting eggs. I haven't gotten a single one. So I was just wondering if this is something others are dealing with, or just me?🤔 Did I hatch them at the worst time of year?!😂 Also...

I have a small flock of mixed ducks which I will be hatching from this year; mostly just for fun but I would also like to focus on some traits. I am still pretty new to genetics and so far have only learned about colour genetics. Is good egg production something that is consistently passed...

Our beloved (sort of psychotic--ha!) Polish hen, Pierogi, is almost one year old and hasn't laid a single egg. Our other ladies, born the same day, have been laying for months now. Pierogi has rooster tendencies (a bit aggressive, will try and attack anything that comes near the coop) but is...

I need the high egg production from Golden Comets and White Leghorns, and was curious about other's experience concerning the fattening up (I know that they will never reach the weight and size of meat chickens) and meat of White Leghorns and Golden Comets. What is the average meat that is...

I have 6 chickens and they are now about 26 weeks old. The egg laying just started for the first time about 2 weeks ago. I am only getting one egg every 2-4 days. I am not sure which one is laying or if it is multiple since I am only getting one at a time. My concern is that not all of them...

I'm looking at my first flock next year. We homestead on a .25 acres in a suburb of Minneapolis (zone 4b). We are allowed to have 4 hens (no roosters), no free-ranging, and no selling of eggs on prem. My family consists of my partner and I (and our 2 dogs, but we don't give them eggs) and we are...

Sooo many different amounts listed on websites… so figured I would ask here. How many eggs per week does you CCL hen lay? ALSO, what size? And when did they start lying? Thanks! Pic for attention

My ameraucana molted at 9 months old in mid September, finished by mid November. We’re in Austin, TX for geographical reference. She STILL has not laid an egg. Is this normal? I feel like it’s not. Is there anything I can do to help her get her egg cycle going again? I’m more concerned for her...

Hello everyone, I incubate my own quail eggs with 85% hatch rate , finally 49 quails survive with 13 roosters and 36 chickens , even with 4 months old I only get maximum 4 eggs in Total and sometimes I don't get nothing at all , even that I give them high protein feed , so i hope that light...

They were born in early June. Shouldn't I have eggs by now?

Earlier this year, I introduced 4 new chicks to my flock bringing the total to 10. One of the chicks escaped the first week. Once they were old enough I incorporated them all together in the same run. I almost immediately saw the number of eggs drop from 5-6 a day to 4 consistently. Then one of...

Hi, i have 1 male and 4 female cotournix quails, they have stopped laying eggs completely due to winters approaching... i am unable to provide them with light 12hrs a day but i try to. are there any other way that from which quails can start laying again... maybe change in diet or something.

I'm looking for recommendations of chicken breeds with high egg production. All the research I have done hasn't been very productive. What breeds lay the most in your flock? Of course I love chickens and don't plan to pump as many eggs out of them as I can, I would just like to keep my flock on...