Rocky64's chat thread: anything is welcome

[Rocky64]

I was cleaning one of my chicken pens today when 3 of my hens wanted in (they were outside today) and 1 of them went straight to a nest box. The two others were doing their own thing ( which included messing up the piles of old hay and poop that I had made so I could bucket them and take them outside). One of the hens digging at my piles decided to join the laying hen in the nest box, as soon as the hen(Red) laid an egg, the other one pushed Red and got on the egg. Red left to go outside and the other 2 did the same when they got done. Well the nesting box is actually an old rabbit hutch that's in the pen for new chickens to get used to the main flock, but seeing that I have no new chickens at the moment, I leave it open and the hens lay eggs in it.

 

[Hens rule]

Nice picture! That's funny that they lay eggs in a old rabbit hutch. In the summer some of my chickens don't lay in the nesting boxes but in dust bath holes they have made. Sometimes I find eggs in my chickens roosting area and some on the floor. My chickens got to dust bath this week. It's the first time they've gotten to dust bath in like 5-6 months! I hope the dust bathing gets rid of their mites!

 

[Rocky64]

Dust bathing helps with mites. I have an old cat litter thing that is put sand in and stick it in the pen, they dust bathe in it when they can't get outside.

 

[Hens rule]

Dust bathing helps with mites. I have an old cat litter thing that is put sand in and stick it in the pen, they dust bathe in it when they can't get outside.

Good idea

 

[LoveThemBirds]

Hope its okay if I add my breeds:
Black sexlinks
red sex links
Production reds
Buff Orpington
NewHampshire


Hopefully have two Easter eggers,two jersey giamnts

 

[Rocky64]

Hope its okay if I add my breeds:
Black sexlinks
red sex links
Production reds
Buff Orpington

NewHampshire


Hopefully have two Easter eggers,two jersey giamnts

It's always ok to add something, especially chicken related. Sounds like you get a lot of eggs, or should considering you have excellent breeds for egg laying.

 

[Hens rule]

How many eggs did you get yesterday everyone?

 

[Rocky64]

How many eggs did you get yesterday everyone?

I got 1 pullet egg, I think the hens are planning a coup d'état. They've been laying well until yesterday. By the way, I have 6 able hens.

 

[Hens rule]

Cool, I got 10 yesterday. And I only collected 9 because my chickens ate one. They tend to eat the small eggs that are not with many other eggs. Also it's so warm here that there's water every where around my chickens coop!

I know It may be dumb to ask but what's a able hen?

 

[LoveThemBirds]

I got about 13 eggs yesterday from most of my hens and the older hens.I think three of them have Cocci disease,so i'm treating it,If I go to the TSC store tomorrow