How Many Eggs Did You Get Today?

[minnehaha]

Sassy was a TSC chick, unsexed and unknown who turned out to be a Black Breasted Red Old English Game Bantam. She was amazing! She was so tiny but had such an attitude. She was on the top of the ladder for quite a while, right up to point of lay. She never laid an egg for us. I would love another but I need to make them their own bantam coop if I do. I can't go through that again, knowing that they neglected her broke my heart. I should have moved her or brought her inside.

We want silkies too, eventually.

Silkies you say?? Of course I want some of those to...LOL.....chicken math!

Lulu was a straight run banty chick from the feed store (Big R), who thankfully is a pullet. I wonder why yours never laid and egg?

Mine was at the top of the pecking order until she went broody late last summer and was away from the flock while I broke her of it. After i returned her to the flock, they had forgotten her and she became the bottom on the pecking order, which is bad due to her size. I had no idea that would happen to her.

. I feel so bad about it. I would like to get more banties and keep them separate from the big chickens. I feel so sorry for her, and I worry about her. I need to heed your warning and separate her and get her some tiny friends real soon!!!

 

[minnehaha]

Well, this girl is a mystery bird (I have no idea what she is but she looks really cool) She is a bantam. She's not as tiny as your girl but she' on the small side. I'm trying to find a pic of her to put on here. I have some hay bales on my back patio and she found a small space just big enough that she could fit her body in there. She was very talkative today so while I was working in the yard I kept a close eye on her to see if she was gonna lay...after she laid I couldn't even see the egg I had to reach my hand in there and feel around for it. Found another bantam egg in the burn barrel ashes today. I have quite a few others who have been secretly stashing eggs, but every time I find the nest they move it!!! Most we found in a secret nest was 26. Wow nice! (not the stinky egg part...those are YUCKY lol) I like the hunt but I want to find them. It's no fun to play hide and seek if you can't find lol

I would love to see a picture of her!!!! Is she your only sneaky egg hider? Is it a banty thing? My Cream legbars were sneaky until I cross fenced, so with not so many buldings to get into, they go in the hen house now. But, Lulu can get out because she is so tiny. My 3 ducks have a giant area and hide their eggs too. Like you, I only like the hunt when I find the eggs still fresh, but like your girl, mine will move to another location if I find her nest.

If you had not seen her go behind the hay bales would you have found them, or smelled them 2 months from now.....

In the burn barrel, in the ashes????? Holy Moly!!! Maybe I had better expand my searches....I would never have looked in the burn barrel!!!!

 

[JesNflock]

I would love to see a picture of her!!!! Is she your only sneaky egg hider? Is it a banty thing? My Cream legbars were sneaky until I cross fenced, so with not so many buldings to get into, they go in the hen house now. But, Lulu can get out because she is so tiny. My 3 ducks have a giant area and hide their eggs too. Like you, I only like the hunt when I find the eggs still fresh, but like your girl, mine will move to another location if I find her nest.

If you had not seen her go behind the hay bales would you have found them, or smelled them 2 months from now.....

In the burn barrel, in the ashes????? Holy Moly!!! Maybe I had better expand my searches....I would never have looked in the burn barrel!!!!

Nope, she's just my latest one (I didn't think she was laying right now) The girl who laid in the burn barrel is a TINY Cornish (I believe that's who it was anyway) I also found a small nest a week ago behind the compost bin...go figure. Some of those were standard size eggs though. Mine are all free ranged but have considered separating my bantams...that'll mean building another coop...hmmmm Cream Legbars....I'm jealous!!!


(It takes me so long to write anything on here because I get to typing and all of a sudden my cursor jumps and I'm typing in the middle of a previous line/word...grrrrrr) I wonder if it's my laptop or if it's the reply box???

 

[WthrLady]

Still waiting...31 weeks tomorrow

 

[JesNflock]

Still waiting...31 weeks tomorrow

For a first egg?

 

[WthrLady]

Lol...yes.

 

[JesNflock]

Lol...yes.

Oh boy...that's hard to wait for. What kind is she?

 

[WthrLady]

Olive eggers (black maran ameraucana cross) lavander orps, and ameraucana

I think the olive will go soon. She squats, checks out the boxes, and makes donkey from shrek seem lime a mime, NEVER shuts up!

 

[minnehaha]

Nope, she's just my latest one (I didn't think she was laying right now) The girl who laid in the burn barrel is a TINY Cornish (I believe that's who it was anyway) I also found a small nest a week ago behind the compost bin...go figure. Some of those were standard size eggs though. Mine are all free ranged but have considered separating my bantams...that'll mean building another coop...hmmmm Cream Legbars....I'm jealous!!!


(It takes me so long to write anything on here because I get to typing and all of a sudden my cursor jumps and I'm typing in the middle of a previous line/word...grrrrrr) I wonder if it's my laptop or if it's the reply box???

I have 5 CCL hens and 2 roosters, but I think 3 of the hens stopped laying. I'm separating them one at a time and will band their legs so i can figure it out. I know the 2 pullets are laying, and need to hatch those eggs when the eggs get bigger, so I can replace my non layers.

I understand what you mean about free ranging, after I cross fenced, and their free range days were over, the egg hunt has become much more tolerable...LOL..nothing like before. I can't say they are happy, but I am. No more chicken poop on the porch. I am just dreading the day we smell those egg nests in the shop...we cannot find them, but we saw the CCL's sneaking out of that big building almost daily before we cross fenced!

Are you using a mouse with your laptop? If you attach a mouse, you can disable the touchpad and it might cure the jumping. This is what I found online. But first attach a usb or wireless mouse.

Jumping curser
It is caused by inadvertently touching the mouse pad. I also use a USB mouse too. So I configured my laptop (with Windows 7) to "invalidate" the mouse pad when I have the USB mouse connected, and then only when I disconnect the USB mouse does the mouse pad regain sensitivity for use. I never have a jumping cursor anymore.
Open up Control Panel > Hardware and Sound > Mouse (found under Devices and Printers) > in Mouse Properties dialog box, click on Advanced tab > "Advanced feature settings" button > Others tab > in "USB mouse connection" field, check the box for "Touchpad and Stick are automatically invalidated" > then OK.
Hope that fixes it, it must be so frustrating to try and type anything!!!

 

[minnehaha]

Olive eggers (black maran ameraucana cross) lavander orps, and ameraucana

I think the olive will go soon. She squats, checks out the boxes, and makes donkey from shrek seem lime a mime, NEVER shuts up!