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[B123]

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To be honest I jsut dont see eggs... dont know if she eating or not laying...

You can handle her and look at her vent (butt). For comparison, handle a pullet that is not laying. If your hen is not laying, the vent will be small and the pelvic bones on either side of the vent will be close together. If she is laying, the vent will be wider and so will the space between the pelvic bones. If you have the time, you can handle throughout the day, carefully, and on the day she lays, if she is laying, you can feel the egg inside once the shell has formed.

 

[Texicano]

ya I think I'll rotate the nesting box so the opening is less visible. maybe change pens if that doesnt work...

To be honest I jsut dont see eggs... dont know if she eating or not laying...

I'm laying down some moth balls today to deter potential snakes before the heat arrives. Maybe you got a predator eating the eggs if there is no shells at least.

 

[roosterhavoc]

You can handle her and look at her vent (butt). For comparison, handle a pullet that is not laying. If your hen is not laying, the vent will be small and the pelvic bones on either side of the vent will be close together. If she is laying, the vent will be wider and so will the space between the pelvic bones. If you have the time, you can handle throughout the day, carefully, and on the day she lays, if she is laying, you can feel the egg inside once the shell has formed.

Laying hens are squishy feeling in the belly too.

 

[Brigitt]

l've been sent to this thread - can you all enlighten me?
These chickens are 9 months old and I wonder if they are asils - or are they a mix? They were sold to me as chicks of some breed but the saleswoman couldn't tell them apart. Some chicks had an interesting chipmunk-pattern on their back, so I took them.
Too bad for me, I was looking for heavy birds...
What happens if I cross a rooster of this kind with my regular mix-breed chickens? Or better not?
Are the two hens of the same breed?
Thank you very much for your thoughts.

This is a firsttime-supermom and rather small, bantamsize? a little bigger than a silkie

This rooster and his buddy in the back were supposed to be Sussex....

Rather small but not like first hen

 

[roosterhavoc]

l've been sent to this thread - can you all enlighten me?
These chickens are 9 months old and I wonder if they are asils - or are they a mix? They were sold to me as chicks of some breed but the saleswoman couldn't tell them apart. Some chicks had an interesting chipmunk-pattern on their back, so I took them.
Too bad for me, I was looking for heavy birds...
What happens if I cross a rooster of this kind with my regular mix-breed chickens? Or better not?
Are the two hens of the same breed?
Thank you very much for your thoughts.

This is a firsttime-supermom and rather small, bantamsize? a little bigger than a silkieView attachment 1346829

This rooster and his buddy in the back were supposed to be Sussex....
View attachment 1346830

Rather small but not like first hen
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They look like oriental crosses of various kinds. You can breed them all you want but some may be a little more aggressive than you’d like.
You mentioned saleswoman. Where did you get them from?

 

[Brigitt]

They look like oriental crosses of various kinds. You can breed them all you want but some may be a little more aggressive than you’d like.
You mentioned saleswoman. Where did you get them from?

Well, thanks for your reply. Somebody just came up with the suggestion 'cubalaya'.
These chicks come from a store that sells chicks of various breeds, but had them all put together in one pen at the end of the day when I arrived to purchase. The five Autralorps and the five Silkies were easy to pick out the other 7 chicks I just picked for their nice pattern on their back or some other feature, like two real big whitish ones that turned out to be super aggressive cockrels, attacked me bloodily e v e r y time I came near them.

 

[B123]

I will go with what Havoc said, oriental crosses... They do not look like Cubalayas, at least not the show type. The style of the hens makes me think of some of the Japanese game fowl. They are pretty birds. The two roosters may not be buddies forever.

 

[sdm111]

Where the heck is Sdm?

still around been playing in the real world for a while

 

[sdm111]

l've been sent to this thread - can you all enlighten me?
These chickens are 9 months old and I wonder if they are asils - or are they a mix? They were sold to me as chicks of some breed but the saleswoman couldn't tell them apart. Some chicks had an interesting chipmunk-pattern on their back, so I took them.
Too bad for me, I was looking for heavy birds...
What happens if I cross a rooster of this kind with my regular mix-breed chickens? Or better not?
Are the two hens of the same breed?
Thank you very much for your thoughts.

This is a firsttime-supermom and rather small, bantamsize? a little bigger than a silkieView attachment 1346829

This rooster and his buddy in the back were supposed to be Sussex....
View attachment 1346830

Rather small but not like first hen
View attachment 1346833

dealing with gamefowl where ever from you gotta be all in. It's prolly in your best interest to get rid of them before they infect your layers if you want meat get dark Cornish

 

[sdm111]

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