my barred rocks are laying differently colored eggs. Why?

[Soot the silkie]

Yep, I would say so.

I have one girl who makes a straining noise, she pushes so hard!

Another one I have coos like a pigeon!

They are all different. I suspect the screaming is her version of normal egg laying.

- Krista

Ok. she has never made the screaming noise before so it scared me. She had her beak open all the way and sounded like a falcon. She usually just does a normal egg cluck.

 

[krista74]

It was probably just a difficult lay. Sometimes their eggs can be slightly more round than usual, or slightly bigger, and they just have to push extra hard.

I reckon she is just saying "Get Ooooouuuuttttttt!"

- Krista

 

[Soot the silkie]

It was probably just a difficult lay. Sometimes their eggs can be slightly more round than usual, or slightly bigger, and they just have to push extra hard.

I reckon she is just saying "Get Ooooouuuuttttttt!"

- Krista

Yeah the egg was a bit larger than normal.

 

[krista74]

Yeah the egg was a bit larger than normal.

Ah, ok then, there you go. I'd say that was it then.

I remember once my RIR laid an egg which was 119 grams. You should have heard the ruckas coming from the coop that day!

I'm sure your girl will be fine

- Krista

 

[Soot the silkie]

Ah, ok then, there you go. I'd say that was it then.

I remember once my RIR laid an egg which was 119 grams. You should have heard the ruckas coming from the coop that day!

I'm sure your girl will be fine

- Krista

I figured that. It must be hard to lay an egg every day.

 

[krista74]

Yeah, they work hard for us, our girls.

Not just the egg laying, but they are also at risk of so many things - predator attack, lice, mites, bumblefoot, injuries, illness, frostbite. There is always something to worry about with them!

That's why I spend so much time cleaning and looking after them. They give us more than just an egg every day - they are also company, and entertainment, and down-right funny to watch!

I love mine to bits.

- Krista

 

[loftkeeper]

rocks lay brown eggs

 

[Soot the silkie]

Yeah, they work hard for us, our girls.

Not just the egg laying, but they are also at risk of so many things - predator attack, lice, mites, bumblefoot, injuries, illness, frostbite. There is always something to worry about with them!

That's why I spend so much time cleaning and looking after them. They give us more than just an egg every day - they are also company, and entertainment, and down-right funny to watch!

I love mine to bits.

- Krista

Very true!