Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[featherhead007]

That is news to me. I don't know.

I’m glad she is laying, and is healthy!

 

[BY Bob]

I’m glad she is laying, and is healthy!

Me too. That long a lay off is odd though for sure.

 

[featherhead007]

Me too. That long a lay off is odd though for sure.

I’m not arguing the fact that the Beethov-Hen, really is an oddball!

 

[RoyalChick]

I'm not sure, how many do the lay a year? What did they lay last October?

I have gotten 0 eggs from Hattie and Sansa in October. 1 or 2 from Sydney. Aurora was laying 5 a week until this week and she has just stopped cold. Phyllis laid 4 in the first week and she has apparently also stopped. I think that Lilly last laid in early Sept but she doesn't count.

This is when laying slows down around here every year. I actually have not even thought about it until your post. I guess our back log of eggs is gone as well. Mrs BY Bob just told me at lunch she was going to have to acquire some.

The 'breed descriptions' for Crested Cream Legbars say 150-200 eggs a year and my September count of 20 (which is 10 each) would say they were laying an egg every 3 days. They did more than that in that early summer rush.
I don't think I had started recording egg count last October - I started when Elizabeth started laying soft eggs which was definitely this year.
I don't know that there is anything I can do other than worry - they seem to be out enjoying themselves as normal. The only differences I can tell in them are:
- Feathers everywhere
- Minnie has diarrhea
- Minnie is roosting solo at night (right now she is hanging out with everyone else on the big roost - but I suspect at bedtime she will fly over to be on her own)
I could ask the vet if they can do a fecal float - although today's poos were so liquid it would be hard to get a sample.
Hmmm.

 

[RoyalChick]

Phyllistines. I still laugh when I read that name!

I love it. Though in my head I always turn it into 'The Phyllistinies"

 

[Lexicon]

That makes me feel slightly less worried about the Roadrunners. Maybe that is just how they cope with shorter days.

This is my first adult molt with my hens, so I am just learning but, Isabella laid 25 eggs in August, took three weeks off in September and has laid three eggs in October. She has had the heaviest molt of all the hens and is still in the midst of it. I am pretty sure this is just her body being smart and not trying to do two things at the same time.
Gratuitous photo of Isabella:

 

[featherhead007]

I’m not arguing the fact that the Beethov-Hen, really is an oddball!

Greatest hen ever!

 

[RoyalChick]

This is my first adult molt with my hens, so I am just learning but, Isabella laid 25 eggs in August, took three weeks off in September and has laid three eggs in October. She has had the heaviest molt of all the hens and is still in the midst of it. I am pretty sure this is just her body being smart and not trying to do two things at the same time.
Gratuitous photo of Isabella:
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I am hoping that is right.
Maggie is molting the hardest and she laid an egg today - she seems to have settled into a 1-2 egg a week routine which is perfect for me - often enough I am reassured everything is OK and not so often it wears her out.

 

[featherhead007]

The 'breed descriptions' for Crested Cream Legbars say 150-200 eggs a year and my September count of 20 (which is 10 each) would say they were laying an egg every 3 days. They did more than that in that early summer rush.
I don't think I had started recording egg count last October - I started when Elizabeth started laying soft eggs which was definitely this year.
I don't know that there is anything I can do other than worry - they seem to be out enjoying themselves as normal. The only differences I can tell in them are:
- Feathers everywhere
- Minnie has diarrhea
- Minnie is roosting solo at night (right now she is hanging out with everyone else on the big roost - but I suspect at bedtime she will fly over to be on her own)
I could ask the vet if they can do a fecal float - although today's poos were so liquid it would be hard to get a sample.
Hmmm.

It’s not the egg that counts, but the spirit of The hen that laid it! (Yes you can quote me)

 

[MaryJanet]

It does sound like she has rounded the corner. Tuna in water is good if she will eat it. I keep cracked corn around. it is well received at all times. Tastes like candy. If she is getting back into the group, eating with the others, and dustbathing, then she is improving in my book.

Hattie even dustbathed yesterday. I'm not sure I've seen that since she started her molt.

Thanks for pictures of the tubers. I wonder what they are. Mine are not eating those at this time but they may not grow here.

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To me, the tubers looked a little like soursob bulbs (oxalis) which are considered an exquisite delicacy by the hens at my house.

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