OHio ~ Come on Buckeyes, let me know your out there!

[kindofodd]

It is normal for young birds to lay odd eggs every so often. You have good feed and oyster shell available so you are doing good. How long have they been laying and how old are they?

6 months TODAY actually! Glad you made me figure it out They've been laying since 1/18.

 

[kindofodd]

@kindofoddIt sounds like a youngin starting up. I have 3 black copper Marans and I got several soft eggs. I was getting normal eggs too so it was hard to say which maran was having trouble. I got good eggs for a bit then winter hit and they quit laying. They all started up again with no issues.
My Wheatens started with no problems. Two months after I thought they would lay.

My first blue egg was regular sized.
I had another pullet lay little ping pong balls for a little while. Never soft shelled just little.
Normal is relative. Just like people what's normal for one isn't necessarily normal for another. They can sometimes lay two eggs, what might have been a double yolk in a single shell.
I found this interesting https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/common-egg-quality-problems

Thank you for the link. Very informative!

 

[dwhitern11]

Haha too funny...On the Right? I've seen your sign for eggs lol. We are 3 miles out of Utica on 62 towards Martinsburg.

 

[dwhitern11]

No farm, just 5 acres. Grew up on one and still tinker with helping my friends and such.

 

[dwhitern11]

Finished coop last Summer.


Put a larger run on. We have 19 hens and one large RIR Roo. Hens are: 3 White Leghorns, 5 Wellsummers, 3 EE's, 3 Black Americaunas, 5 RIR's,

 

[ToniTalley]

What a beautiful coop and run!!!!

 

[mamatink7]

Finished coop last Summer. Put a larger run on. We have 19 hens and one large RIR Roo. Hens are: 3 White Leghorns, 5 Wellsummers, 3 EE's, 3 Black Americaunas, 5 RIR's,

wonderful looking coop!! Gorgeous eggs

 

[mamatink7]

Haha too funny...On the Right? I've seen your sign for eggs lol. We are 3 miles out of Utica on 62 towards Martinsburg.

lmbo yeppers!! Funny world indeed. Took sign down for winter, will put a bigger/better one this spring

 

[mamatink7]

No farm, just 5 acres. Grew up on one and still tinker with helping my friends and such.

nice, not bad at all. We've got a large spread (15acres) but only have access to 7. Just got a barn for the girls so they all have more space. 12×20, looks still too small but a great improvement.

 

[mamatink7]

What other animals do ya'll have in addition to the chickens on your farms? What other animals do ya'll want?

We have 2 dogs and 26 laying pullets (aquatic turtle just died)
We want to expand our chickens & add goats and cows for milk, butter, cheese