Australia - Six states..and that funny little island.

[Fancychooklady]

can someone please identify these for me please, cheers

Nathan, some pics in natural light would be more helpful. Are they blue australorp ?

 

[Fancychooklady]

@fancychooklady Hi Fancy. The girls are doing great. I speak to hubby a few times a day and no doubt the chicken update is given to me. Haha. I go home Tuesday can't wait to see the pets. Hootabell is still the nest due to hatch the day I come back.
I too have been lurking in the back ground reading all the posts.
Congrats everyone on the new chickies! Sorry for your losses
Sorry I haven't been posting but I'm still in Melbourne and chickenless lol

Nice to hear from you again. That will be a nice home coming gift. It rained so hard here last night that our roof sprung a leak. Now the winds have picked up again and being as there are quite a few ' widow makers ' hanging from last weeks storms I'm staying indoors.

 

[IamSamSam]

Blue/lavender something ! Cute

Oh take care Fancy. I hate strong wind after heavy rain.

 

[satay]

Nice to hear from you again. That will be a nice home coming gift. It rained so hard here last night that our roof sprung a leak. Now the winds have picked up again and being as there are quite a few ' widow makers ' hanging from last weeks storms I'm staying indoors.

Stay safe fancy Mum is on a cruise on the Gordon river today wonder how the weather is there?

 

[satay]

Nathan, some pics in natural light would be more helpful. Are they blue australorp ?

That would be my guess to fancy with the black feet.

 

[satay]

@rexy Is it as humid as hell at your place today ? So hot and humid here and the radar is showing nothing....

 

[cluckcluckluke]

Hay, have I told you guys I only have 7 adult chickens and 8 chicks left?
Surely I must have.

 

[Fancychooklady]

Hay, have I told you guys I only have 7 adult chickens and 8 chicks left?
Surely I must have.

That's still 15 hungry mouths to feed. Mine got sprouts for dinner.

 

[Anniebee]

Please help ( and I will post this to the other Aussie thread )........I might be worrying needlessly, but have not found any answers to my questions on any links, on here at BYC, or by Googling all kinds of things about shell-less eggs.


My little Aussie Araucana ( Mindy ) .... has had a couple of bouts of broodiness recently. Got her over those within a few days, she quit laying for a week or so and then produced an egg almost each day beautifully. Now she has backed off again, but is not broody. Yesterday I found a shell-less egg she had layed in the straw ( not her normal nesting box ) ... it was properly formed and had a soft membrane around it. I handled it carefully so's not to break it, and finally opened it with scissors last night - found an ENORMOUS yolk inside it, and the usual white etc. Threw it out in case of contamination through the fairly thick membrane.

Now - she was doing her thing I thought normally yesterday, when we had a long lot of thunderstorm. I did see on another site where something unusual ( example was a cat meowing ) can upset the laying process, and said last night to hubby that she probably shot the non-completed egg out, in absolute fright at the sound of the thunder claps - and they were big. ( That's my novice thought ).

She has been squatting a lot lately, and squatted again today. Was in her nesting box this morning, but with no result. She has eaten ok, ( scratch mix ) and presume she has eaten her layer pellets as per normal. I won't know the extent of her eating for a couple more days.


MY QUESTION IS :


Can the production of a shell-less egg, lead to or give indication of her being or becoming egg bound ??? I only ask this now, as she was obviously trying to lay something this morning, with no result. How would I know if she is or is becoming, egg-bound. And is it normal for a chicken to lay 'in fright' a shell-less egg ?

Sorry to put so much questioning to you all ... but I am a bit worried ... a BIT ?? Quite a lot. Her behaviour in her run etc. is normal for her - she is a bit of a neurotic, always on the move, and very excitable, especially when she sees our dog who she loves.

Thanking you in anticipation


Cheers ...........AB

 

[Fancychooklady]

Please help ( and I will post this to the other Aussie thread )........I might be worrying needlessly, but have not found any answers to my questions  on any links, on here at BYC, or by Googling all kinds of things about shell-less eggs. 
 
 
My little Aussie Araucana ( Mindy ) .... has had a couple of bouts of broodiness recently. Got her over those within a few days, she quit laying for a week or so and then produced an egg almost each day beautifully.  Now she has backed off again, but is not broody. Yesterday I found a shell-less egg she had layed in the straw ( not her normal nesting box ) ... it was properly formed and had a soft membrane around it.  I handled it carefully so's not to break it, and finally opened it with scissors last night - found an ENORMOUS yolk inside it, and the usual white etc.     Threw it out in case of contamination through the fairly thick membrane. 
 
Now - she was doing her thing I thought normally yesterday, when we had a long lot of thunderstorm.    I did see on another site where something unusual ( example was a cat meowing ) can upset the laying process, and said last night to hubby that she probably shot the non-completed egg out, in absolute fright at the sound of the thunder claps - and they were big. ( That's my novice thought ).
 
She has been squatting a lot lately, and squatted again today. Was in her nesting box this morning, but with no result.   She has eaten ok, ( scratch mix ) and presume she has eaten her layer pellets as per normal.     I won't know the extent of her eating for a couple more days. 
 
 
MY QUESTION IS : 
 
 
Can the production of a shell-less egg, lead to or give indication of her being or becoming egg bound ???     I only ask this now, as she was obviously trying to lay something this morning, with no result.    How would I know if she is or is becoming, egg-bound.    And is it normal for a chicken to lay 'in fright' a shell-less egg ? 
 
Sorry to put so much questioning to you all ... but I am a bit worried ... a BIT ??    Quite a lot.  Her behaviour in her run etc. is normal for her - she is a bit of a neurotic, always on the move, and very excitable, especially when she sees our dog who she loves.  
 
Thanking you in anticipation
 
 
Cheers ...........AB

Often you'll get soft shell and rubber eggs while they are settling in to their routine. In my experience ( I've lost 3 ) egg bound hens don't show any symptoms until they stop laying. Brittle shells can break and cause binding or peritonitis . An internal layer will usually die from peritonitis .
How long has your hen been laying? And is she squatting or presenting to you ?