2015 breeding season

[DylansMom]

My peahen Sage didn't lay her egg she was suppose to lay yesterday. Could she be egg bound. She seems normal, eating drinking, flying, running everything. I hope she's not egg bound. Could she have just stopped since we've been getting so many rain storms lately or just done laying?

Calm down and don't panic. If she looks fine and is acting fine it is not time to worry yet. Many times over the years I have seen them have a little hiccup in the laying cycle. It can be 3 days between eggs and even as many as 5 days. If she starts to droop the wings really bad or lays around a lot, or can't walk then it is time to start treating her. With all these hens that are having problems I was afraid people would start "seeing" egg binding everywhere they look. Deep breaths and just observe her closely for now.

 

[Birdrain92]

Ok. I was hoping it was just a hiccup. I just wanted you guys to reassure me. Her tail feathers are showing the egg laying thing but movement and everything else is normal. I hope when I get back from school there will be an egg in her nest.

 

[DylansMom]

Ok. I was hoping it was just a hiccup. I just wanted you guys to reassure me. Her tail feathers are showing the egg laying thing but movement and everything else is normal. I hope when I get back from school there will be an egg in her nest.

I will be hoping with you!

 

[KsKingBee]

Houston, I think we have a problem. I had just shoveled out the broody coop and DW called me back in to see this.

Looks like the broodies need to be wormed?, they look and act fine, but this is bad.




The 2 x 4 is for size compareson.

 

[casportpony]

Great pictures!

-Kathy

 

[casportpony]

Incubation station:


-Kathy

 

[DylansMom]

Incubation station:


-Kathy

 

[Birdrain92]

I decided to take some pics of Sage and see what you guys think. She seems to be in a laying stance.

 

[BYC-user-174785]

Incubation station: -Kathy

Don't you just love the R-com incubators? I always looking to buy used ones. I may just end up buying a one of their 50 series. I greatly recommend this incubator to others.

 

[MinxFox]

I decided to take some pics of Sage and see what you guys think. She seems to be in a laying stance.

I wouldn't be too worried. Since I got worried recently that Snow White was egg bound and I started reading a lot on egg binding, it seems that you should really be concerned if they are lying down a lot or can't stand and they just keep moving their tail up and down. Then that is when you need to help. So far what your hen looks like seems normal but just keep an eye on her behavior and if she is eating like normal.

The other day Ice looked a little egg bound. She was supposed to lay an egg the day before but hadn't. I was watching her then I went off to get their food and feed them and the next time I looked she had an egg under her. I then realized it was an abnormal egg. It had no shell just a thin casing. I need to find and copy that chart that Kathy posted recently showing different egg abnormalities and the causes of them.

I think I have noticed a connection with the grass in the pen dying and the egg production going down. I tried re-seeding with a summer grass but that grass did not take at all, so hopefully soon I will be trying a new kind of summer grass. Sid of Texaspeafowl did tell me that I would see an improvement in breeding results if I got grass in the pen. Now I am going to try planting millet in there I think.