new layer

  1. flockoff

    Everyone’s fav question

    Is it fertilized or not? Flock of 10 pullets, 6-7 months. Not a sign of rooster traits/identifiers within any of them… however, many of my eggs keep looking like this. If they are fertilized… how do I go about finding out which of them is the cockerel?
  2. matthennessy

    Pullet laying rubber and liquid egg?

    Hi all I have 2 black australorps, the first, alice, has been laying since 2 weeks ago and hasn’t had a single issue. We get an egg from her almost every day and never had a soft shell or shell-less egg from her. Her sister, Gladys just started laying yesterday. We got a perfect pullet egg with...
  3. A

    5 mo, laying for a week, broken egg or prolapse?!

    I noticed our 5 mo bluebell egger in the corner of the run yesterday, with her wings down and tail down. She’s a spitfire so I knew something was off. She was normal this morning eating eggs and snacks and drinking water, this pm she was back to her quiet ways. Gave her an epsom salt warm bath...
  4. Paz

    Do I have a new layer?

    I got an egg that’s a different colour from usual. Is it possible that a 4 months old pullet made it? She (and sister who is smaller) is a leghorn mix, but doesn’t really have much of a comb yet. Their face is red though. Suspicious egg is in the middle. White is the mothers’s egg and brown...
  5. Ankaa

    Way to reduce new layer pain?

    My chicken started laying yesterday and finally was able to rest once the egg came out. The next morning she started sounding in pain again. Is there a way for me to help her?
  6. K

    Chickens laying (and possibly pooping) soft eggs

    Good morning, Coming to you with some soft shelled eggs being layed under the roost bars - and potentially one this morning that was passed with droppings? (Photos included). My girls are about 6 months old and 6 or 7 out of 11 have been laying since mid November, always in the nesting boxes...
  7. Kerya

    Strange Egg: Is it a Lash egg or something else?

    Hello everyone, my baby gal is finally of age to lay eggs. She had her first egg yesterday (at time of writing this) along with something else. The day before yesterday I noticed slight tail pumping along with slight heavy breath taking. I was worried she was egg bound or having troubles, so I...
  8. D

    New layers

    Hello! I’m a new chicken mom and my girls have just started laying. Well, 2 of the 15 so far. My issue is that they aren’t laying in their boxes. So the first girl (sapphire gem) started laying about a week ago. First two eggs I found in the run. The rest I’ve been finding up in the rafters of...
  9. A

    New layer stopped laying. Normal or concern?

    My mallard hen is 7 1/2 months old now. She started laying for the first time on Christmas Eve morning. She laid everyday for 9 days (later in the day the last two days), and then stopped. I know it’s normal for the time and days she lays to fluctuate while her body gets used to a cycle, and...
    • AlyssaB4
    • Thread
    • first time layer new layer new laying hens
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    • Forum: Ducks
  10. Harmoni

    Multiple shell less eggs

    My EEs are 22 weeks old. At least one started laying 2 weeks ago. She laid a few normal but small eggs. Then about a week and a half ago, she dropped a shell less egg right in front of us on the poop board at 9 pm! Since then, I have been getting a minimum of 2 shell less eggs a week. This week...
  11. C

    How often do new layers lay?

    I have pullets that are coming of age. I got an egg on the 18th and then another on the 21st. I assumed the first came from my Golden Comet because she had been squatting for a few weeks. I watched her lay the second egg and it looks nothing like the first. That made me think maybe I have two...
  12. Catlittle

    New Layer Won't leave 100F+ Nesting Box

    Hi all, I'm new to backyard chickens. We just got our first egg yesterday, it was about 90F out. She was in the box a long time and at some point I guess she had laid an egg (I thought she was still just investigating and due soon but not yet. Anyways, today it is over 100F in their coop...
  13. Harmoni

    Not laying in nest box

    My one golden comet who has been laying for 2 weeks now has left an egg outside of nest boxes 2 mornings on a row. Yesterday morning, on the landing in front of the nest box and this morning on the poop board. How do I fix this? We have 3 laying hens, one broody with her 2 chicks and 4 9...
  14. Sandychic

    Egg colors

    I have 3 hens, 2 Buckeyes and one Lavender Orpington. My Orp. Was the only hen laying but Went into a full moult.. she stopped laying, she still looks pretty bad but she does have new feather growth. So for the last 2 days I’ve had 1 egg each day, first a light brown then a slightly darker...
  15. Chocy_duck

    Please help new layer

    I have a Cayuga 4months old the last Friday she layed a little white egg no problem at all. Then Saturday she layed just membrane with a little bubble of an egg. She did struggle a tad with this one. She hasn't layed in 2 days and I feel an egg in her. She is acting completly normal and pooing...
    • Chocy_duck
    • Thread
    • cayuga ducks egg binding new layer
    • Replies: 16
    • Forum: Ducks
  16. Momma_Bean

    My guess is a soft shell egg?

    Hi. I’m thinking this is the result of a soft shell egg (I have new layers) that most likely came from a newbie that has given me 2 double-yolked eggs so far. I know laying in the beginning can be wonky. I’ve done research and I don’t feel this matches a lash egg as from what I’ve read, lash...
  17. buffy-the-eggpile-layer

    Bullying, Egg-Eating, and Depression?

    Poor Darla our EE is having a rough go of it. She's a new layer, can't figure out how to use the boxes, is getting her eggs eaten, and now is the target of bullying. She's also seemed to have gotten depressed, or worse, is under the weather. Original thread is here...
  18. BrahmaGirl2018

    New Layer....

    My pullets are just getting old enough to lay (6 months old). My Light Brahma started on February 2 and has given me 7 eggs since them. Today's gift looks scratched...is this normal?
  19. E

    New Member

    Hi everyone! I've been following BYC for months as my go-to look up for questions we have since getting our first chickens in August! We live in Abita Springs, Louisiana (about an hour outside of New Orleans). We are new to chickens and got two chicks in August. Beignet is a Buff Orpington and...
  20. ChristieDB

    Is this normal?

    Hi there! We have 6 hennys - as of last week all six are now laying. We are brand new to chickens... Got our girls this past March. I've noticed that when they first start laying every once in a while there is some poop on the egg. Is that normal? They are all very healthy and I'm probably...
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