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  1. BoomChickWow

    Nesting box war

    This morning one of my nesting boxes looked like a crime scene. I have 3 nesting boxes open and 5 hens. 2 of them have been laying for a while and 2 just started laying. I know it was my 3 oldest fighting over this one box. One of them ended up laying on the drop board in the coop which has...
  2. Debbie292d

    Silky hatch-along and OdoBan on eggs experiment

    I have 28 eggs set. :jumpy Come join my first-ever hatch-a-long! 18 silkie eggs were shipped and arrived this morning. 10 more are my silkie eggs and are part of an experiment. 18 SHIPPED EGGS KEY: B = Buff, C = Cuckoo, P = Paint Below them: O = 5 were soaked in Odoban disinfectant for 60...
    • Debbie292d
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    • brinsea56ex eggs hatch-a-long hatch-along incubating nr360 odoban silkies
    • Replies: 1,059
    • Forum: Hatch-A-Longs
  3. Timbers Happy Hens

    Silkie color question

    Does anyone know what the possible colors are if you were to pair a paint silkie rooster to blue partridge or grey silkie hens? There’s very few resources I’ve been able to find on grey and partridge color genes, I have eggs hatching tomorrow and I’m really curious on what colors to expect.
  4. Kel60

    First Egg in november?

    So my girl sweepea who hatched out around February just laid her first egg, in November for some inexplicable reason. I know sometimes out of season things can be a sign of problems should I be concerned? Or is she just being weird? Shes a bronze breasted turkey as far as I know. one thing...
    • Kel60
    • Thread
    • eggs laying turkey
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Turkeys
  5. FNF

    Runner ducks + eggs + winter

    Hello duck owners - I have three female runners that are a few days away from 20 weeks old, so seemingly on the cusp of being in the egg-laying age range. However, it’s also almost December and we are in western VA so it’s chilly and obviously days are getting quite short. Has anyone experienced...
    • FNF
    • Thread
    • ducks eggs winter
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Ducks
  6. CreatureUnderstood

    I'm raising chicks this winter. How long do I have to keep them inside?

    Recently, I realized one of my hens was a rooster. I have eggs that I think are fertilized. How long should I keep them inside? How old do they have to be in order to live outside in the middle of winter with my other chickens?
  7. dublinducks

    Any Chance of Fertility?

    Recently we unexpectedly lost our favorite silkie rooster. He was absolutely perfect in type and my favorite color, splash. We affectionately called him Splish the splash silkie. When we lost Splish, we lost the ability to breed him. Our hens and roosters are kept separately from one another...
  8. LouisChickon

    Goose laid 1 soft egg then stopped

    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...
  9. A

    What is this in my eggs?

    These eggs are from my Buff Orpingtons. They often have what looks like dirt in them--sometimes stuck to the yolk, other times little flakes or specks floating in the white. I'm 100% sure it's not from the shell or dirt that fell in; it definitely originates in the egg. What could it be?
  10. EdgeC

    Duck or Chicken egg?

    Hello, first year raising chickens... or any animal for eggs. We started with ducks (around March 23rd) and followed with our first run of Chickens around 4/14/23. We also have a few younger runs... With that said... I kind of expected duck eggs a month or so ago but nothing... Then today This...
    • EdgeC
    • Thread
    • chicken chicken or duck egg? duck egg eggs identify
    • Replies: 14
    • Forum: Ducks
  11. grisou

    Black Australorps not laying eggs ~ 7 month old

    Hello, My 5 Black Australorps (BA) are not laying eggs, despite being 7 month old. I'm from France (so Nothern hemisphere). One of them actually started to lay eggs one month ago (so she was 6 month old). But not anymore, so I have zero egg now. I raised them from fertilized eggs thanks...
  12. solidstate

    Eggtopsy surprise (warning: sensitive images)

    Warning, graphic images below text. Context; I put 10 fertile button quail eggs from my birds in the incubator. Lost power early on for 24hrs and eggs got down to 70° F by the time power came back. That was day 4 or 5. By lockdown, I had weeded out several that had quit early. I didn’t open...
  13. C

    Will a Startled chicken lay an egg?

    I’ve had this happen 3-4 times now and I’m curious if it’s common or if I just have a weird chicken. My girls free range so just before dark we go out and make sure they all made it back to the coop. Occasionally we are busy and don’t get out there before it’s very dark so I turn the light on to...
  14. Skibum

    Corrected impacted crop chicken still not laying

    I have an Easter Egger hen who had an impacted crop for somewhere between a few days to up to a week. It took about 3 days to correct once I discovered it but it might have been a few days before I noticed. She’s still thinner than my other Americana but not super thin. I don’t believe she has...
  15. DustyNoods

    OEGB eggs are tiny!

    My OEGB eggs fit into quail egg cartons! She is so tiny and so are her eggs 🥰 her personality is NOT tiny lol she will attack your hand if you try to touch her sometimes. Other times she will happily jump on you for a treat or pets. I plan to sell her eggs separately more so as a novelty 😊...
  16. OutbackQuackers

    Can Ducks Eat Chicken Egg Shells??

    Can Ducks eat Chicken Egg Shells as well as their own, for extra calcium during laying season?
  17. Jennifer Rogers

    Hi!

    Hi everybody! I just joined BYC not long ago! I loveee it here, and everybody is so kind! I have a pet duck named Smokey, and he is known for his unique and loving personality. He really enjoys cuddles! We have our own YouTube channel as well! I would really appreciate if you subscribed, as it...
  18. H

    Only one egg daily in a four hen flock

    I've had my flock for about 8 weeks now and got them when they were a week old. I have four hens and a roo, and I keep the roo in the same hutch in a screened off area so he doesn't breed with the hens. They can all see each other and are eating well and have plenty of room. For about two weeks...
    • HutchButch
    • Thread
    • eggs quail advice
    • Replies: 49
    • Forum: Quail
  19. L

    Egg production stopped

    Our OG layers were born last August (7 of them), so they are now just over a year old. Two months ago we picked up a turkey and a silkie. They integrated well into the flock. We picked up more layers at a swap a month ago (7 new-to-us hens, within laying age). In addition, we picked up...
  20. S

    Help identify eggs?

    Can anyone post pictures of their barred rock eggs and of their bantam eggs we have a dark brauhma bantam and a porcelain that could be laying Trying to figure out if the brauhmas could be laying early by chance or if our barred rocks are just laying smaller and way lighter eggs compared to our...
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