Easter Egger club!

[summerb123]

x2!!

 

[kittykatchick]

This is my EE girl, she's currently 32 weeks... any guesses on when she'll lay? She's had a bright red comb for weeks now

 

[summerb123]

I have no Idea! but i know she is adorable!!

 

[junebuggena]

This is my EE girl, she's currently 32 weeks... any guesses on when she'll lay? She's had a bright red comb for weeks now

Not quite ready yet. Make sure she's getting enough protein. If you start Easter Eggers on layer feed too soon, you can actually slow down their development, making them take even longer to start laying.

 

[summerb123]

Not quite ready yet. Make sure she's getting enough protein. If you start Easter Eggers on layer feed too soon, you can actually slow down their development, making them take even longer to start laying.

hmm..maybe thats why Pepper is so small!

 

[junebuggena]

hmm..maybe thats why Pepper is so small!

Layer feed is called layer feed because it's for actively laying birds only.

 

[summerb123]

Layer feed is called layer feed because it's for actively laying birds only.

sigh...I told my dad that but he says she's eating it ain't she every time I say that she needs chick feed. she is more than 3 months and she is TINY!

 

[junebuggena]

sigh...I told my dad that but he says she's eating it ain't she every time I say that she needs chick feed. she is more than 3 months and she is TINY!

Of course she'll eat it, if that's all she has to eat. She's not going to starve herself. But there are significant health risks that come with feeding a high calcium diet, like layer feed, to birds that aren't producing eggs. All that calcium can be deadly.

 

[summerb123]

Of course she'll eat it, if that's all she has to eat. She's not going to starve herself. But there are significant health risks that come with feeding a high calcium diet, like layer feed, to birds that aren't producing eggs. All that calcium can be deadly.

yeah..my dad believes what he wants to believe

Mr. know-it-all!

If I remember I will beg him to get some feed fit for her! I would be devestated if she died she is my baby! my spoiled baby!

 

[junebuggena]

Here's the actual science about why excess calcium is dangerous. It's a very well researched topic.
http://www.worldpoultry.net/Breeder...-damage-is-emerging-in-laying-hens-WP008719W/
http://www.hyline.com/aspx/redbook/redbook.aspx?s=5&p=36
http://nhjy.hzau.edu.cn/kech/synkx/dong/2bao/UrolithiasisChina.pdf