OK- Who laid that egg?

[Here chicky chicky]

Hey Everyone- previous newby here!

My daughters hens laid their first eggs last week so I thought I could be only half-newby now. We havent eaten any yet. I'm adjusting to having a PET that gives food from its rear end....

BUT I have a question: She has 10 hens and is getting about three small eggs a day. How on earth do we figure out which hens are laying? I bought those leg ring things, but dont know who to put them on. All the girls share one large hen house, and share 5 nesting boxes. Any ideas? THANK YOU! (and I told her that starting today we'll save the eggs to eat. Oh my. I'll try!)

 

[4 Love of Baby Chickens]

The ones that have the biggest, reddest combs and wattles are the ones that have been laying.

Maybe someone with more experience will chime in.

 

[cthrash1]

A friend on here as a joke told me to sprinkle baby powder in the nestboxes and whoever came out with a white butt was the culprit...I am seriously gonna try it though... Can't hurt, as no one sleeps where they lay anyway.

 

[chickenbottom]

or put food coloring like 3 drops NOT RED in the vent and the egg will come out with a color on the top of it and a simplier way is to measure the pelvis bone tip to bone tip and if its 3 fingers or greater they are laying or about to

 

[Happy Chooks]

My son's red sex link comes out squawking when she's done. She lets everybody know she's laid an egg. She also has the largest and reddest combs and wattles.

 

[Judy]

Use flour or corn starch, please, not baby powder. Not good stuff for them to inhale.

Some good ideas here. There is such a thing as a trap nest that traps the hen when she enters, which is a sure way, short of watching a LONG time.

 

[cthrash1]

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