Pale yoks?

[ButtonquailGirl14]

That crest may be getting in her eyes

it is trimmed so she can see

 

[BlackHackle]

it is trimmed so she can see

A picky hen eh?

 

[Folly's place]

Does she have grit available? Without it, she can't manage anything except chicken feed. And, is she upset/ stressed by that leash? She might behave more normally without it out there.
Mary

 

[ButtonquailGirl14]

A picky hen eh?

VERY

Does she have grit available? Without it, she can't manage anything except chicken feed. And, is she upset/ stressed by that leash? She might behave more normally without it out there.
Mary

she is totally chill on the leash, she is a very chill bird.. she has TONS of tiny rocks on the ground, and a oystershell station... also I throw grass in their pen every day (many times a day) and she is uninterested, I have also just let her walk in the yard supervised not on a leash, she is just Very picky.

 

[BlackHackle]

she is totally chill on the leash, she is a very chill bird.. she has TONS of tiny rocks on the ground, and a oystershell station... also I throw grass in their pen every day (many times a day) and she is uninterested, I have also just let her walk in the yard supervised not on a leash, she is just Very picky.

Trust her on this @Folly's place , that bird is REALLY chill with the lease...she makes me jealous sometimes

 

[Folly's place]

Just wondering...
Some folks like variety, and some don't.

Mary

 

[chickengeorgeto]

hey! my 5 year old polish hen (only one laying at the moment) lays pale yokes... Why? I always thought that ment an egg was old, but I collect them every day!

That is normal for most 5 year old hens. Just like in human men and women, as we age the quality of our semen and ovum declines. It is a normal part of the aging process.

 

[chickengeorgeto]

I try to feed her grasses and clovers all the time, I don't know why she won't eat them...

There is a hugh amount of hooie out there about what a chicken needs, or wants, or gotta have.

Chickens are chickens and feeding them like they were a cud-chewing unglate like a cow, is pure BS.

Chickens kill a HUGE amount of grass but the amount of green stuff that they eat is small

 

[50-45-1]

Are the rest of you flock with deeper yellow yolks also polish?
When i had polish chickens i noticed they really cant see very well, and would miss out on the treets i would throw out simply because they could not see them.
Once my husband bought a large bag of carrots in the fall to use for deer hunting and didnt end up using them so i fed them to the chickens.
It took like 2 months feeding about 2 carrots a day. And wow my yolks were just as orange as the carrots at the end.

 

[ButtonquailGirl14]

Trust her on this @Folly's place , that bird is REALLY chill with the lease...she makes me jealous sometimes

she is pretty great!

That is normal for most 5 year old hens. Just like in human men and women, as we age the quality of our semen and ovum declines. It is a normal part of the aging process.

Thanks!

Are the rest of you flock with deeper yellow yolks also polish?
When i had polish chickens i noticed they really cant see very well, and would miss out on the treets i would throw out simply because they could not see them.
Once my husband bought a large bag of carrots in the fall to use for deer hunting and didnt end up using them so i fed them to the chickens.
It took like 2 months feeding about 2 carrots a day. And wow my yolks were just as orange as the carrots at the end.

that's cool! I only have 1 polish hen, and all the rest are 3BO,3BR, a silkie and a EE... (also one buff orp roo) all are too young to lay. and her eyes are trimmed.