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Has anyone had a problem with their hen laying from the roost? I'm pretty sure it is my smallest hen. Couple of weeks ago, I found some very small eggs in the nesting boxes and felt like they were hers, all of a sudden, the small eggs stopped and last week I started finding a very thin shelled egg in the poop hammock. While cleaning coop last weekend, had roost and hammock out, she kept coming in getting on top of nesting boxes, getting into and out of boxes and seemed kind of stressed. No eggs in hammock Monday but last nite, sure enough, another thin shelled egg in hammock. Just wondering if I should take roost and hammock out of the coop each am. Any advise is appreciated.
 
Howdy all!

Some of my little ladies (born 3/15) finally started laying! I have no idea how many are laying, but at least a few are.

My dog discovered a few eggs in a nest in the brush on Sunday. Woot! On Monday morning, I found one egg on the floor of the coop. On Tuesday, I found one in the grove of trees that they hang out. Now my challenge is to get them to lay where I want them to, since they are free-range and move from shaded spot to shaded spot throughout the day.

Questions:
  • At their young age and our high heat, should I be expecting low production?
  • Or should I be expecting 8-10 eggs per day out of my 14 hens?
  • Meaning, should I assume that the girls are hiding their eggs in a spot I haven't discovered yet?

Thank you in advance - and happy Wednesday, all! :)
 
Help! All out door green forest harvesters. I have scored milkweed. Problem, I'm late the pods are all over 1 1/2" long, but they haven't opened yet.

Can you still eat the larger pods? How do you fix them? Am I just out of luck? I have the smallest ones boiling. I assume you fist still need to boil them twice.

All the recipes refer to 1 1/2" pods or smaller, after reading description, history and all kinds of good info ... But not how to cook until last. Then it is vague.
 
ABlackDogRanch said:
Howdy all! 

Some of my little ladies (born 3/15) finally started laying! I have no idea how many are laying, but at least a few are.

My dog discovered a few eggs in a nest in the brush on Sunday. Woot! On Monday morning, I found one egg on the floor of the coop. On Tuesday, I found one in the grove of trees that they hang out. Now my challenge is to get them to lay where I want them to, since they are free-range and move from shaded spot to shaded spot throughout the day.

Questions:
  • At their young age and our high heat, should I be expecting low production?
  • Or should I be expecting 8-10 eggs per day out of my 14 hens?
  • Meaning, should I assume that the girls are hiding their eggs in a spot I haven't discovered yet?

Thank you in advance - and happy Wednesday, all! :)
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If they are just starting to lay, yes their production may start off a little slow and the heat can definitely affect production as well
 
Showing a little progress on my open air hoop coop.... also have to rig up a temporary coop to house two 7 month old Americaunas and two year old Silver Laced Wyandottes that I'll be picking up this evening.
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huggstaff13 said:
If they are just starting to lay, yes their production may start off a little slow and the heat can definitely affect production as well
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I didn't find any yesterday, so either they're fantastic egg-hiders...or no one laid. Only time will tell :)

huggstaff13 said:
Showing a little progress on my open air hoop coop.... also have to rig up a temporary coop to house two 7 month old Americaunas and two year old Silver Laced Wyandottes that I'll be picking up this evening.
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Huggstaff13 - how are you fastening the wood to the frame? Nuts/bolts?
 
Thanks! I actually loosely got the idea from a trampoline greenhouse that was skinned with plastic that I saw on Youtube. The top will be skinned with cattle panels and hardware cloth and part of it will be roofed with tin for shade and shelter. The wood is fastened with self tapping screws
 
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