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A little over 5 monthsHow old?
I see vague hackles but the saddles still look round and hen like. Is it crowing, mounting, acting roostery?
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A little over 5 monthsHow old?
I see vague hackles but the saddles still look round and hen like. Is it crowing, mounting, acting roostery?
At 5 months, I think that's a pullet, laying (voila! mystery egg) or soon to lay. but you can also give her a time in the parrot cage to see if she is a she.A little over 5 months
I think I will put her in the cage, mainly so I don’t have to hunt down that egg outside everyday lol! When do they figure that part out?At 5 months, I think that's a pullet, laying (voila! mystery egg) or soon to lay. but you can also give her a time in the parrot cage to see if she is a she.
A lot of people add golf balls or ping pong balls to the nests so they get the point, you might have to show them where.I think I will put her in the cage, mainly so I don’t have to hunt down that egg outside everyday lol! When do they figure that part out?
I have ceramic eggs, one in each nest. So far I’ve only found the chalky new eggs outside so I’m hoping that locking her in the cage might also rectify that issue and hopefully her body will adjust to laying and not add that extra layer of calciumA lot of people add golf balls or ping pong balls to the nests so they get the point, you might have to show them where.
Oh, I see. If you're finding eggs just lying in the yard, sometimes fresh eggs can get stuck to a hens bum fluff and falls off in a few minutes, I didn't know it happened until I saw one of my hens with an egg stuck on her.I have ceramic eggs, one in each nest. So far I’ve only found the chalky new eggs outside so I’m hoping that locking her in the cage might also rectify that issue and hopefully her body will adjust to laying and not add that extra layer of calcium
She is definitely low on the pecking order so her leeriness to the other hens pecks might be keeping her off of the nests also, she might feel safer in the cage and once she’s forced to lay there she may continue and then at least she’d be laying in the coop and not out on the ground… we’ll see what happensI have ceramic eggs, one in each nest. So far I’ve only found the chalky new eggs outside so I’m hoping that locking her in the cage might also rectify that issue and hopefully her body will adjust to laying and not add that extra layer of calcium
New layers take a bit to get their cycle figured out. They don’t always seem to realize when they are about to lay an egg. I’ve watched several mine drop an egg without even stopping walking. They usually sort it out in about a month or lessI have ceramic eggs, one in each nest. So far I’ve only found the chalky new eggs outside so I’m hoping that locking her in the cage might also rectify that issue and hopefully her body will adjust to laying and not add that extra layer of calcium