could my 4 month old BO possibly be egg bound?

[allpeepedout]

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When they pull pieces from a plant in the ground, the resistance of the roots lets them tear off small pieces. If they get a piece that is too big, they will discard it and try again. With clippings, there is no resistance--no effective way for them to make small pieces.

 

[CowgirlPenny]

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When they pull pieces from a plant in the ground, the resistance of the roots lets them tear off small pieces. If they get a piece that is too big, they will discard it and try again. With clippings, there is no resistance--no effective way for them to make small pieces.

I see what the original person is saying though. Let's assume that someone let's their chickens totally roam the property. There is no way to stop the chickens from walking in the front yard after you mow. Not everyone has a bag to catch grass clippings. How is that different to just give them some vs them picking up whole cut pieces in the yard.

 

[duckinnut]

N&MSchroeder :

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x2 My BO is 5 months and I am just thinking that she may be ready to lay.

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I have BOs that are 14/15wks and thinking no eggs for at least another 6/8 wks. I read somewhere that BOs start around 22-25 weeks.​

 

[frogdogs]

A few of my 20 weeks old BO's have been doing that on & off for a little over a week, I received my first egg from one of these girls overnight while she was roosting...it is shell-less! Hoping she gets it right next time ::sigh::

We allow our girls to range on the lawn, they do prefer to grab the fresh mowed clippings after we put the mower up.

 

[Nonny]

Shortly before my first girl started laying she got a weird sort of a waddle going on.... like she was walking with something stuck between her legs. A day or so later she laid her first eggs - two on the same morning, so I'm guessing she did actually have one stuck.

 

[Gen9]

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Can shell-less eggs happen even if you're mixing the oyster shell in their food?

 

[tarragon]

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I spotted one of mine doing that and she laid her first egg a few days later. But only one.

 

[Gen9]

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I spotted one of mine doing that and she laid her first egg a few days later. But only one.

How old were they?

 

[Nonny]

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I spotted one of mine doing that and she laid her first egg a few days later. But only one.

How old were they?

I don't know for sure, but I got all three at point of lay, apparently somewhere between 19 - 24 weeks old, and the first one didn't start laying for another 6 weeks after that. The other two started laying after another 2 weeks or so. So at a guess I'd say the earliest they laid was 26 weeks... and possibly older.

 

[swmalone]

My buff orpington was all red faced at about 15 weeks, but I didn't get an egg until she was 18 weeks old. She was acting really odd the day before she laid. It was so hot that I was worried she was having a heat stroke so I put her feet in some cool water and she seemed to enjoy that. My wife and I were really worried but then the next day I found a little torpedo shaped egg in the run. The next day I found another of her eggs in the egg box along with an egg from the black sex link. The sex link started laying at 16 weeks. So I am just waiting for my black australorp which will be 20 weeks old tomorrow.

Here is a picture of our buff (Princess Buttercup, or on occasion The Evil Princess Buttercup) she is between 15 and 16 weeks old in this picture.