7 months without an egg

[aart]

Yes, the pelvic points will narrow if not laying.
EE can lay blue eggs, and the green ones have blue shells.

 

[Cryss]

Yes, the pelvic points will narrow if not laying.
EE can lay blue eggs, and the green ones have blue shells.

Thanks, good to know!

 

[Cryss]

Questionable update here.
My breeder tells me not to worry, EEs often go on hiatus so I tried not to be bothered by lack of green eggs.
Meanwhile back at the farm....
So as spring progressed I was hopeful for increased egg production. I rehomed my Barred Rock hens because of bullying so I was down to 4 hens. Henneth not laying meant 3 were going to produce. Eggsmerelda decided to go broody so I had to break her of that. Of course that meant she stopped laying. Wynnie consistently laid her medium brown egg only skipping 1 or 2 days a week. That left Nugget. Seemed she was laying light brown eggs maybe twice a week. Not great production.
I never would get more than 2 eggs a day, often one or none. Every once in a while I'd get a shelless egg. I figured Nugget was having early season female problems, occasionally laying a shelless rather than solid.
But wait! Now I've been finding 3 eggs. Once was 2 light brown and 1 medium brown so I guessed Wynnie the SLW and both Buff Orpingtons Nugget and Eggsmerelda. Then I found 2 light brown from Buff Orpingtons and 1 shelless egg! Who laid the shelless egg? Maybe Nugget has been laying good eggs all along? And Eggsmerelda started laying again? Of course Wynnie lays the medium brown egg. That only leaves....Henneth Fowltrow! Has she been laying the shelless eggs all this time? They are colorless so I don't see green. I haven't seen a green egg since Labor Day last September!
I'm going to see if I can give her extra calcium. But what do you all think?

Meanwhile...I do miss the eggs from the BRs. They were great production birds.

 

[Cryss]

Should I give Henneth her own calcium suppliment? Oyster shell is constantly available to them all. Would more protein help?

 

[aart]

Should I give Henneth her own calcium suppliment? Oyster shell is constantly available to them all. Would more protein help?

I'd do overall and pelvic exams before supplementing anything.
Some birds are just not great layers....finding out who is laying the softshell eggs would be best.

 

[Cryss]

@aart oh good grief....guess what.
About 2-3 hours ago I got 1 light brown egg. A few minutes ago, after reading your previous response, Eggsmerelda sang the egg song. Ok, so maybe I got another brown egg.
Nope. I got THREE brown eggs, making a total of 4 today.
Wait. What? I have 4 hens, and 4 non laying pullets.
My pullets will lay 1 blue egg, 1 green egg, 1 white egg, and one chocolate egg. That eliminates the pullets which aren't ready to lay yet anyway.
Hens lay 3 brown eggs and 1 green egg.
Can an Easter Egger stop laying green and revert to brown?
OR is EE pullet Carmen older than we thought and not a green layer but a brown?
Yes @aart I will be doing butt checks.
Hey, this mystery solving is kinda fun. I'm hoping it isn't Carmen though. I was looking forward to another green egg layer.

 

[aart]

Can an Easter Egger stop laying green and revert to brown?

No.
Green eggs have blue shells so will either be green or blue(if the spray booth is busted).

 

[Cryss]

No.
Green eggs have blue shells so will either be green or blue(if the spray booth is busted).

Uh ohhhh....
Carmen???? We think she is 15 weeks old!

 

[Brahma Chicken5000]

Is Henneth’s comb bright red or pale pink? Does she squat or investigate the nest boxes?
What type of feed are you feeding?

A chicken will only lay 1 color egg their whole lives the color can vary, but it will always be one color.

Getting 2 eggs from the same pullet/hen while rare isn’t entirely unheard of. https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/2-eggs-in-1-day.1283725/

A 15 week old pullet is too young to be laying eggs.

Get more Leghorns to guarantee eggs year round.

 

[Brahma Chicken5000]

@Cryss I actually have a mixed Bantam hen that didn’t lay an egg for the first 7 months I had her.