Michigan Thread - all are welcome!

[chickflick]

We have lots of deer here. Lots. They don't touch my hostas in my front yard.
Gonna be a hot one today. Was out the door by 6am to walk with my dog, and already very humid. Was sweating before I got the first mile in. Hurried and cleaned the chicken coop and now plan on staying in for the day! My new chicks have smoothly integrated with the existing flock. No drama. Am so pleased. The rooster, Kazowie, (my three yr old great granddaughter named him) so far is easy going. He did break up a fight between two of his girls. Life is good.

 

[saysfaa]

Kazowie is a great name! Especially, where it came from.

 

[Molpet]

Kazowie is a great name! Especially, where it came from.

Bozo's circus

 

[talkinboutchickens]

If anyone wants a rooster, the humane society of huron valley has plenty! Barred rocks, buff orps, and a mystery rooster.
https://www.hshv.org/adopt/?Species...reed=0&search=+Search+&ClientID=5&Species=All

 

[saysfaa]

Bozo's circus

Well that too, maybe. I don't know that - show? i assume.

I meant the three-year-old grandchild picking it.

 

[Molpet]

Well that too, maybe. I don't know that - show? i assume.

I meant the three-year-old grandchild picking it.

Bozo the Clown - Wikipedia https://share.google/BPNDtYnckS7hiwzkJ

 

[chickflick]

Kazowie is a great name! Especially, where it came from.

Exactly! Don't think Josie ever saw Bozo's circus. Think it came from a Beanie Baby. She named all my chicks. Besides Kazowie, I have Kitty, Nugget, Eevee, and Sylveon.

 

[Hillbilly Hen]

Last Friday, my blue Plymouth rock, Blueberry, laid her first egg. It was a tiny double yolk egg. Of the three that she laid this week, all have been double yolk eggs. Last night she passed a rubber egg right in front of me. I hope this doesn't mean that she's going to have reproductive issues. I have had another pullet passing rubber eggs. I do have oyster shells out for them but I don't think they are eating any.

 

[talkinboutchickens]

Last Friday, my blue Plymouth rock, Blueberry, laid her first egg. It was a tiny double yolk egg. Of the three that she laid this week, all have been double yolk eggs. Last night she passed a rubber egg right in front of me. I hope this doesn't mean that she's going to have reproductive issues. I have had another pullet passing rubber eggs. I do have oyster shells out for them but I don't think they are eating any. View attachment 4182523View attachment 4182525View attachment 4182526

Those are some beautiful yolks!
What feed are feeding them? Just curious, because one time I switched my flock of hens and roos to all-flock after reading the harm the extra calcium can do that's in the feed. I was providing crushed oyster shells on the side, but one of my girls was not eating them so she got a prolapsed vent. It was a pain to deal with and we tried everything until we gave up and took her to the vet to put the stitch in her vent. The vet had said that it was because of us switching the feed and she just wasn't getting enough calcium from the all-flock. We put them back on layer feed after that, and we have not had any egg problems ever since, knock on wood....
It might also just be that since your girl is a new layer, that was just a dud.

 

[1muttsfan]

I wouldn't worry much right away, young hens often take a little time to get their laying mechanism in gear properly. I'm sure that they'll start laying better quality eggs and probably stop laying the double yolkers soon.