maryn7
Songster
My olive egger started laying last week. According to the hatchery, she's supposed to lay between about 200-250 eggs a year (she's an Ameraucana x Cuckoo Marans), so I was expecting her to lay a few times a week. Maybe less often than that as she got used to it. But we've gotten an egg every day for the last nine days. (44g at the start, now up to 47-49g per egg.)
Is she just working hard now to get out the kinks before she sets into a more casual laying rhythm? Or is she just eggstra (I'm so sorry) productive for an OE?
I obviously can't stop her laying this often, but will it shorten her lifespan, etc. if she's trying to go for 365?
(Also are these egg songs going to get shorter as they get better at laying? We're at several hours of screaming a day from her and, now, also from my barred rock, who hasn't laid, but is getting close. We're in a city, and I'm about ready to file a noise complaint against myself.....)
Is she just working hard now to get out the kinks before she sets into a more casual laying rhythm? Or is she just eggstra (I'm so sorry) productive for an OE?
I obviously can't stop her laying this often, but will it shorten her lifespan, etc. if she's trying to go for 365?
(Also are these egg songs going to get shorter as they get better at laying? We're at several hours of screaming a day from her and, now, also from my barred rock, who hasn't laid, but is getting close. We're in a city, and I'm about ready to file a noise complaint against myself.....)