Mountain Peeps's Chat Thread...Continued!

[dan26552]

I've never had half game EEs, but that would make sense that they would lay seasonally if they were. 

Well I have. Yup.

 

[cluckcluckgirl]

Well I have.

Yup.

Weird chickens! So do some lay blue and green eggs or do most lay brown?

I have one EE that is almost entirely Ameraucana (her legs and eyes aren't proper), but her egg production is bad.

 

[dan26552]

Weird chickens! So do some lay blue and green eggs or do most lay brown?

I have one EE that is almost entirely Ameraucana (her legs and eyes aren't proper), but her egg production is bad. 

Most of my EEs lay Blue, one lays brown, my other Australorp and barred rock mixes (probably part game too) lay brown.


Interesting.

 

[cluckcluckgirl]

Most of my EEs lay Blue, one lays brown, my other Australorp and barred rock mixes (probably part game too) lay brown.


Interesting.

That's cool.

 

[dan26552]

That's cool.

Yup. Except they don't lay well. 22 Hens have been out laid by 6 ducks.

 

[cluckcluckgirl]

Yup. Except they don't lay well.

22 Hens have been out laid by 6 ducks.

Wow.

When I had ducks, they didn't lay much, so the hens must be laying even less.

 

[dan26552]

Wow.   When I had ducks, they didn't lay much, so the hens must be laying even less.

In the summer we averaged 8 eggs a day, we were reliably getting 5 or 6 eggs a day from the ducks, we're down to two or three eggs from the chickens and 3 eggs from the ducks.

 

[cluckcluckgirl]

In the summer we averaged 8 eggs a day, we were reliably getting 5 or 6 eggs a day from the ducks, we're down to two or three eggs from the chickens and 3 eggs from the ducks.

That's not a great laying rate for the hens. That's incredibly good for the duck, though.

 

[dan26552]

That's not a great laying rate for the hens. That's incredibly good for the duck, though.

Yeah, not at all.
Indeed, especially since they're not a breed that usually kept for eggs.

 

[cluckcluckgirl]

Yeah, not at all.
Indeed, especially since they're not a breed that usually kept for eggs.

Exactly. I'd say my ducks laid one egg per female every 2-3 days.