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[miohippus]

What do you think is this a light brahma

 

[shelbydog]

do ya'll think I have enough broodies?

 

[ashtree]

do ya'll think I have enough broodies?

That is too cute! You must be so proud!

PS. I LOVE corgis!

 

[Ksane]

What do you think is this a [COLOR=333333] light brahma[/COLOR]

Yup, looks like about a 3 1/2 mo old Light Brahma cockerel.

 

[miohippus]

Yup, looks like about a 3 1/2 mo old Light Brahma cockerel.

ok, thanks. That is what my friends was thinking but she was not sure.

 

[Jeansrie]

My wheaten Marans keeps laying eggs with a weird cracked spot on them, what causes this??

 

[shelbydog]

That is too cute! You must be so proud! 

PS. I LOVE corgis!

I am but I did not keep up with inventory. There is a lot of eggs in that middle bottom box. I need to move the nest boxes but will have to wait till they are done.

and corgis are the best.

 

[lonnyandrinda]

do ya'll think I have enough broodies?

Naw, there's an empty spot top middle- you can have at least one more!

My wheaten Marans keeps laying eggs with a weird cracked spot on them, what causes this??

That is odd. I had a hen laying "crackle" eggs in the heat of last summer, I was told it was from the extreme heat but it's not that hot right now. Can you rule out nutrition as a cause? Meaning, do they have plenty of layer pellets, calcium, etc?

Here is some pages with some interesting pictures, none that are quite the same:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/common-egg-quality-problems
https://www.alltech.com/sites/default/files/alltech-egg-shell-quality-poster.pdf

This paper was very interesting, starting on page 4 it describes everything that can affect shell quality in detail.
http://www.neospark.com/images/EggshellDefects.pdf

 

[muesky]

That's exactly what I did with my coop I used the heavy duty 16 foot hog panels and covered it with chicken wire the back portion that is covered with the tarp is actually one of those metal cages you use to see the old farmers have in the back of their trucks for hogs or other animals. It was left on our property when we bought it and it is super heavy made out of angle iron frame with hog panels welded to it. We use to have it in the back as a dog run but I had DH pull it with his truck so I could use it. It is upside down and wrapped with a tarp. A dog or coyote can't get in for sure the squares are too small on the panels.

I have one of those pens I bought eons ago at an auction for cheap. I have used it for hauling birds in my truck, chick pen, bantam breeder pen, dog jail, rooster jail, hen jail, broody jail... yeah it has been jail to many of animals....

I have my backdoor open and I'm out doing stuff and come back in the house to find a hen jumped into the gosling brooder box and layed an egg. Now I know who's been laying the round eggs.

If I leave the doors open I inevitably have some unwanted feathered creature raiding the house. The cats get really mad about that...

What do you think is this a light brahma

Yep!

Naw, there's an empty spot top middle- you can have at least one more!


That is odd. I had a hen laying "crackle" eggs in the heat of last summer, I was told it was from the extreme heat but it's not that hot right now. Can you rule out nutrition as a cause? Meaning, do they have plenty of layer pellets, calcium, etc?

Here is some pages with some interesting pictures, none that are quite the same:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/common-egg-quality-problems
https://www.alltech.com/sites/default/files/alltech-egg-shell-quality-poster.pdf

This paper was very interesting, starting on page 4 it describes everything that can affect shell quality in detail.
http://www.neospark.com/images/EggshellDefects.pdf

I was just going to ask if the hens are getting extra calcium... It maybe what is causing the cracking..

 

[Jeansrie]

That is odd.  I had a hen laying "crackle" eggs in the heat of last summer, I was told it was from the extreme heat but it's not that hot right now.  Can you rule out nutrition as a cause?  Meaning, do they have plenty of layer pellets, calcium, etc?

Here is some pages with some interesting pictures, none that are quite the same:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/common-egg-quality-problems
https://www.alltech.com/sites/default/files/alltech-egg-shell-quality-poster.pdf

This paper was very interesting, starting on page 4 it describes everything that can affect shell quality in detail.
http://www.neospark.com/images/EggshellDefects.pdf

Interesting, thanks so much! It looks like the "cracked & mended" egg to me. She was laying calcium-coated eggs previous to this. I hatched her myself and had to help her out of the shell, she's always been "special" in a lot of ways. They get free choice layer pellets and layer crumbles plus a few hours of backyard time, all the other eggs I get are normal. Thanks again!