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  1. H

    What do you do with extra eggs?

    All winter not enough production. I shamefully buy store eggs because my 25 chickens don't lay enough eggs in the winter. Then comes spring and I sell a few dozen eggs per week roadside and several dozen eggs goes to the food bank. I have read that you can preserve eggs but I have never done...
  2. H

    Hi All! I'm a professional poultry nutritionist

    Hi Everyone! I'm a professional poultry nutritionist based in the US (BS in Animal Science and MS in Animal Science focused on poultry). My Master's thesis focused on pullets, layers, and broilers growth and production. I can get more specific if there's interest! I wanted to hop on here...
  3. EmilyAlamano

    Help! 15 hens and just a few eggs a day

    We are trying to figure out why our egg production has gone down so dramatically these last couple months, could it be that we added a rooster or pigs? Here’s lots of details - 15 hens, 1-7 eggs a day usually less than 5 Age: 10 of them are 2.5yrs old, 5 of them are 6 mo old Location: Pacific...
  4. Joyfillednomads

    Egg Production Way Low

    Our hens are on strike since we cooped them up. We have had issues with predators and can't let them run willy nilly and completely free range. The egg production has dramatically decreased. And we expected decrease due to fall/winter, but we have supplements and scraps and all sorts of treats...
  5. Winter Creek Coop

    How do your Polish chickens lay

    What do you folks see out of your Polish girls? Eggs per week or year?
  6. L

    Too many boys

    Hi Chicken lovers, I hatched several batches of heritage breed birds throughout the year in hopes of starting a few breeding lines. I also bought a large order from GFF of unsexed chicks. They are about 6 months old now and are mostly roosters. I have 80 some birds total and of that number...
  7. N

    42 days laying straight

    Hello everyone. My golden sexlink started laying at 21 weeks old on September 3, she has not yet taken a day break. I’m happy but also feel so bad for her. She seems energetic and happy. How many of you have ad an egg laying machine like my Ms. Ruby?
  8. N

    First week of laying

    Hello. I have a 21 week old golden sexlink, this is her first week of laying, and she has laid 8 days in a row. Is this normal? I feel so bad for her she must be exhausted. I know they are all her eggs because I only have 3 chickens and the other two are still 18 week old pullets. They have...
  9. M

    New duck egg production

    So I'm getting a new duck and she's going to be laying age (all my other girls are about to lay), will I see a pause in production during the transition between farm and adjusting to her new home?
  10. Pictorhens

    Supplying eggs UK

    Hi, Currently I have a few backyard hens which produce lots of eggs, but I’m looking to expand my flock a bit further to maybe start supplying the eggs to local cafes in my area. I understand this is the beginning of straying away from backyard chickens... but I think its a step in the right...
  11. Henrybelle

    Stopped laying eggs!

    I have seven assorted hens and my rockstar layer a red sexlink who has laid an egg almost everyday since she came into lay almost a year ago has stopped laying she is otherwise still acting normal should I be concerned? It’s been almost a week since her last egg! Her food is the same she appears...
  12. Katonk

    If you could ask a poultry science professor

    What's questions would you pose to a poultry science professor? I've had a bunch of questions about deep litter and the feisability of a tractor hybrid, so I decided to reach out to the experts. I joined up here and got the benefit of years apon years of experience through members generous...
  13. Hen_Solo_AZ

    Tractor Supply Co: Color Egg Production Pack

    Last week I ordered 10 chicks from TSC. I ordered the “color egg production pack” linked here: https://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/product/color-egg-production-pack-chicken-sold-in-quantities-of-10 I got the chicks last week and all of them look really similar. Not only that, but the hatchery...
  14. Sienna Star

    Sienna Star

    The Sienna Star is an attractive alternative gold and silver sex-link hybrid. The genetics are a Brown Leghorn and a Sussex, making an excellent egg layer that produces cream-colored eggs. The Sienna Star's robustness and quiet temperament make this bird suitable for backyard flocks to larger...
  15. Kimmyh51

    Artificial lights for staggered laying and moulting

    Artificial lighting and 'staggered' laying... Sorry this is so long! Hi all. I am hoping some of you with expertise and experience with artificial lighting can give some advice. I have a flock of khaki campbell and khaki Campbell x with runner and some i suspect Appleyard or harlequin ducks...
  16. AnneDrum

    Egg production problem in pastured chickens (fed sorghum, barley and oats)

    Hi everyone. I have 16 chickens. 4 roosters and 12 hens, 8 months old. I am getting between 2-5 eggs per day from the girls and on very few occassions, 6 or 7 eggs. I feel this is too low. If they lay a minimum of 3 eggs per week per hen, I should be getting at least 5 eggs a day. such lovely...
  17. I

    Help when eggs stop coming

    I have been raising chickens for 1.5 years I thought I figured things out but I clearly need some advice. In the past I have successfully integrated different adult flocks, introduced mature chicks to the flock, protected coop and pen from coyotes. Last winter solved water freezing issues...
  18. Fanci Feathers Marans

    To light, or not to light?

    I want to hatch some chicks in February, so that by the time they are out of the brooder, it will be Spring. But the problem is getting the eggs out of my hens in December. I have one hen in particular that I want chicks from, so it's really important that she lay as many as possible in a week's...
  19. Parront

    New in AZ

    Hi, I am a new member to BYC. I owned chickens in the 80's -- I ordered a box of 50 chickens from Murray McMurray, from their catalog. I have been enjoying reading this forum without joining for a few years now, because I was chicken-less. Now, I have retired and moved to Prescott, AZ and am...
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