I have been raising guineas, so chickens are new to me. We bought an incubator this winter and a friend gave me some eggs from her chickens. We experimented and got 2 hens the end of February. Got a 2nd dozen and got 8 chicks the end of March.
Well Debby who is barely 3 months old laid her first egg. The oldest 2 hens roost with my guineas, while the 8 others roost by themselves, but the chickens stay together all day. I do a head count every night when I lock them up. A couple of guineas were pecking at an egg on the floor. It was much larger than a guinea egg, but felt like a flimsy shell almost like a balloon with a yolk in it. I picked it up and put it in the nest box that was in the coop. I have bedding and an egg in each of the boxes. When I picked it up, Debby started making a soft noise. I wasn't expecting to get eggs from a 3 month old hen, so I haven't been feeding oyster or egg shells to them. I have lots of shells from my hatching keets or eggs that were not fertile, so I will start feeding them shells tomorrow. We don't go to town until next week again to get oyster shells. My 2 roosters are only 2 months old.
Any suggestions will help.
Well Debby who is barely 3 months old laid her first egg. The oldest 2 hens roost with my guineas, while the 8 others roost by themselves, but the chickens stay together all day. I do a head count every night when I lock them up. A couple of guineas were pecking at an egg on the floor. It was much larger than a guinea egg, but felt like a flimsy shell almost like a balloon with a yolk in it. I picked it up and put it in the nest box that was in the coop. I have bedding and an egg in each of the boxes. When I picked it up, Debby started making a soft noise. I wasn't expecting to get eggs from a 3 month old hen, so I haven't been feeding oyster or egg shells to them. I have lots of shells from my hatching keets or eggs that were not fertile, so I will start feeding them shells tomorrow. We don't go to town until next week again to get oyster shells. My 2 roosters are only 2 months old.
Any suggestions will help.
