I'm never gonna get an egg!!!

[Chickassan]

It kinda looks like a shovel to me,one thing i don't understand is how male tortoises ever get stuck on their backs with a kickstand like that.

Now I have to youtube duck mating! Hope I don't die and someone looks thru my searc history! They will definitely think I'm troubled. If you wanna see something very disturbing, look up male tortoise penis. That will freak you out!

 

[apryl29]

It kinda looks like a shovel to me,one thing i don't understand is how male tortoises ever get stuck on their backs with a kickstand like that.

 

[WVduckchick]

Ooo that's not far at all! Interesting. I'd seen something similar to that. Unfortunately my girls are pretty much only laying in one nest b/c they're picky little turds. I have 9 boxes, but pretty much 8 eggs in 1 box. I'm going to put taller sides on the others to see if that might entice them to lay in other places. When I went to get the eggs the nest was wet and I found bits of shell stuck to the other eggs. Everything was eaten except the egg white. Yesterday I went over during my lunch and grabbed the eggs. They were all intact and still warm so someone had just laid. Later in the evening I found 2 more in the nest so for now I'm going to just run and pick the eggs early. Monday my kids had visitation and I didn't get the eggs until 8 pm and Tuesday we had dance and trick or treat so it wasn't until after 8 again that we got there. Wed we were there around 4:30 which is closer to my usual time and they had eaten one already. It's only ever 1 egg though which seems odd b/c if they had a thing for the eggs I'd think they'd eat more than one, but maybe it's only one chicken and the 1 egg is enough for her. I'm not sure if they are intentionally breaking it open to eat, or if the egg is breaking and they're eating it. My parents only live 7 min from my work so it's not a big deal to go get the eggs, it's just kind of inconvenient. Hopefully they'll stop too.

Yep, its a pain. I was considering splitting mine up, then one by one, moving them around to isolate which hen(s) it was.
Any possibility that mice or anything else is eating them? Somewhere there is a good chart on how the shells look, depending on what is eating them. Sorry I can't locate it at the moment.

its like a weird mushroom looking thing

Spoiler: turtle mushroom

It kinda looks like a shovel to me,one thing i don't understand is how male tortoises ever get stuck on their backs with a kickstand like that.

 

[apryl29]

Yep, its a pain. I was considering splitting mine up, then one by one, moving them around to isolate which hen(s) it was.
Any possibility that mice or anything else is eating them? Somewhere there is a good chart on how the shells look, depending on what is eating them. Sorry I can't locate it at the moment.

I'm pretty sure it's the chickens b/c the only bits of shell that are left behind are the pieces stuck to the other eggs. My girls LOVE egg shell. I do crush them up so they're unrecognizable as eggs.. though if the egg gets broken I'm sure they can figure out what it is. I have oyster shell in there, but often they won't touch it, then I toss egg shell on top and they're all in there inhaling it as fast as they can. Maybe it tastes better.

 

[crunchybabychicken]

My girls are 21 weeks 4 days old if they haven't started laying by now are they going to wait till spring to lay(since the days are getting shorter)?or will they lay in the winter just not as good as they would during the spring and summer.this is my first time with chickens,

 

[DwayneNLiz]

My girls are 21 weeks 4 days old if they haven't started laying by now are they going to wait till spring to lay(since the days are getting shorter)?or will they lay in the winter just not as good as they would during the spring and summer.this is my first time with chickens,

they should still lay over the winter theyll just be delayed

 

[Chickassan]

De-layed lol! Look over me I've had irish coffee.

they should still lay over the winter theyll just be delayed

 

[pitbullmomma]

Ducks aren't that bad all the time. It just takes them more than 8 seconds to find the spot. When the girls just lay there and take it, its not so bad. But when a drake wants it, he wants it!
They stand on top of the girl, pin her down, and keep wobbling back and forth, trying to tuck their tail down under the girl's tail.

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I don't understand what I am looking at in this picture....? <afraid to ask!>

 

[pitbullmomma]

Now I have to youtube duck mating! Hope I don't die and someone looks thru my searc history! They will definitely think I'm troubled. If you wanna see something very disturbing, look up male tortoise penis. That will freak you out!

Oh my freaking GOD!!!!!!

It looks like that reptilian monster-thing from the Upside-Down in Stranger Things that opened up into a creepy flower-headed Seymour human-eater. I'm scarred for life.

I'm really glad I'm not a female tortoise...!!!!!!

 

[pitbullmomma]

My girls are 21 weeks 4 days old if they haven't started laying by now are they going to wait till spring to lay(since the days are getting shorter)?or will they lay in the winter just not as good as they would during the spring and summer.this is my first time with chickens,

Totally OT (isn't it all?!) but every time I see your name, I LMAO. Crunchybabychicken, lolol! Is there a story behind that, or what?