Any one want to join me in waiting for eggs, posting and comparing notes?

[Crafty chick]

I have 2 that are laying everyday now, and one that has been everyother day (hers are smaller).Igot my regular 2 for the day already, and I too am waiting for that next one knobby.

 

[ChickenGrit]

Hi Everyone,

I'm looking for your opinion. I have four different size/shape/color eggs. I'm thinking that this means four different chickens are laying. Am I correct in my assumption?

Large/Dark, Medium/Light/Pointy, Medium/Dark/Roundish, Medium/Light/Roundish

 

[chickens44]

Yes

 

[BroosterSpringsteen]

Hi Everyone,

I'm looking for your opinion. I have four different size/shape/color eggs. I'm thinking that this means four different chickens are laying. Am I correct in my assumption?

Large/Dark, Medium/Light/Pointy, Medium/Dark/Roundish, Medium/Light/Roundish

Maybe, but maybe not. Egg color can vary slightly from day to day, and egg shape and size can vary a lot, especially when a hen first starts laying. I'd say you could have 2 layers, or 3 or 4. How many eggs are you getting each day?

 

[Chicken face]

Alarm went off at 2:45. Looked at alarm clock through bleary eyes. Turned off alarm clock. It sounded like a good idea at the time. Back to sleep. LOL. No eggs today, all faces, combs, and waddles VERY red today except the smallest chicken.

 

[Chicken face]

How did it go chicken face?

Alarm went off at 2:45. Looked at it through bleary eyes. Turned off alarm clock. Back to sleep. It sounded like a good idea at the time. All chickens' faces VERY red except for the smallest chicken. I'm hopeful.

 

[ChickenGrit]

I'm getting two a day most days. Now that I think about it...it is never the same color on the same day.

 

[kdwag]

Hey all, I went into the run today and found blood everywhere, found my larger barred rock with a tear to one of the points of her comb and blood dripping. At the same time, I found my other barred rock attacking her everytime she went near. I cleaned up the comb and put a little neosporin on it. It quit bleeding but after that, every time she went near my other barred rock, the other one would attack her. So, I played referee for quite some time--i'm still frozen-- they all went in the coop and went to bed together in peace, but OMG, is this a new behavior that I'm going to need to worry about? I don't know if the injury was caused by the crazy one or if she may have gotten it hung on something?? I don't know, what the heck is happening? The crazy one would be the "top chicken" and the other one has always been 2nd in command. Thoughts? Suggestions?

 

[Loghousemom]

So, how many chickens do you all have, and what are their ages?

I am pretty new to the whole chicken thing (picked up the fluffies in may as a Mother's Day gift) I had 5 then, and a couple months later we picked up some year olds from my uncle. So now I have 9 hens and 1 roo. We have 1 welsummer, 1 buckeye, 3 white Cochin, 1 barred rock, 1 white leghorn, 1 EE, and another that is supposed to be an americaunas but I think is also an EE. The babies began laying between 21 and 25 weeks.

I am getting 6 eggs a day between the 9 hens with only one or two laying every single day. I am waiting till spring kicks in around here and then will make the decision of which to hold onto and which need to go. I know one of the EE are not laying, and hasn't all winter... But I am having a hard time figuring which it is. I also think one of the young'ns are not laying. We get some pretty cold and short days up here, so I am trying to be patient and wait it out.

I am donating some of the fertile eggs to a local preschool for a lesson in farms and they will attempt hatching them, so hopefully come April, we will have babies again.

 

[Loghousemom]

Hey all, I went into the run today and found blood everywhere, found my larger barred rock with a tear to one of the points of her comb and blood dripping. At the same time, I found my other barred rock attacking her everytime she went near. I cleaned up the comb and put a little neosporin on it. It quit bleeding but after that, every time she went near my other barred rock, the other one would attack her. So, I played referee for quite some time--i'm still frozen-- they all went in the coop and went to bed together in peace, but OMG, is this a new behavior that I'm going to need to worry about? I don't know if the injury was caused by the crazy one or if she may have gotten it hung on something?? I don't know, what the heck is happening? The crazy one would be the "top chicken" and the other one has always been 2nd in command. Thoughts? Suggestions?

Could just be a pecking order thing gone awry. Chickens have an instinct to keep going after things like bloody spots, so if you continue to notice it, I would spot treat the injury with some bluekote and keep watch. Maybe 2nd fiddle is trying to move up the ranks.