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

[Teila]

Fancychooklady, I see that you are 'viewing the room' .. I wonder if you are going to be around for a few minutes? I have a question regarding one of my Silkies, I am fretting a little about her and if you are free, I would like to type in my query?

Sorry to put you on the spot, but I know how very knowledgeable you are

 

[vehve]

Do you guys have the condensed feeds over there? We also have some feeds that have something like a 40% protein content, and you're supposed to mix them with low protein grains.

 

[vehve]

Fancychooklady, I see that you are 'viewing the room' .. I wonder if you are going to be around for a few minutes? I have a question regarding one of my Silkies, I am fretting a little about her and if you are free, I would like to type in my query?

Sorry to put you on the spot, but I know how very knowledgeable you are

I did that once too. I got a link to a website with pictures of poo

I have to admit, it was helpful though.

 

[Teila]

I did that once too. I got a link to a website with pictures of poo

I have to admit, it was helpful though.

Tee hee vehve .. I hate putting people on the spot, but as I said, I know Fancychooklady knows a lot and has Silkies

 

[darajosami]

Laying is directly related to the length of daylight . I keep mine laying through the winter by having a light on a timer in their coop.
It gives them an extra hour of two of light in the mornings.

What a great idea. Is that hooked up to your house? Perhaps I could look into a battery operated one as chook house too far from house to use house electricity.

 

[vehve]

Quote: She's a fountain of information. Post's nice pictures too, both her own and her daughter's.

 

[vehve]

Quote: Solar lights have made some advancements in later years, just don't get the 5$ kind.

 

[darajosami]

With all this talk about pellets, it reminded me, if I want to incubate my eggs but also eat them what is best? Layer pellets or breeder pellets?

 

[Meeka3]

I'm in northern NSW, and my chooks have laid right through winter. We have had a very mild winter , so they might think it's still summer.

 

[Teila]

OK, seen as there are some peeps in the room .. I will ask. Sorry, I am probably being a paranoid chicken mum!

Anyways, Tina, my nearly 10 month old Silkie who has never laid an egg seemed 'uncomfortable' just before bed time. I would describe her as sleepy/squatted, looking constipated maybe.

Anyway, I just went back to check how she was just now and there is an egg under her, it was cracked but I believe that would be because it would have dropped from the low perch she roosts on. It had blood on it. I checked to see if she was bleeding and while her vent was clean earlier in the day, she had a lot of poop on it. I couldn't see any blood.

It came as a total surprise because she has not been squatting or nesting or showing any signs of the first egg.

While I am trying to be excited for her, I am worried that it may have been too big for her or caused some internal damage? Also, laying it at 7pm at night; could it have caused her issues during the day at all?

Any signs I should be looking for?