Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

[Hinotori]

Use wood or ceramic nest eggs and collect often. Keep nesting boxes fairly dark. Removing the culprit permanently is sometimes needed.


I've lucked out mostly. The big girls will eat an egg if it gets broken in the nest but don't break them themselves. Oh boy. If I drop one it's like piranhas.


I did have a silkie hen who was an egg eater. She'd go out of her way to try and break open an egg. That started when another hen was having thin shelled eggs. She couldn't see them well enough to break them in the dark nest boxes and would follow me when I went to open the boxes to collect. She got dumped on her butt enough times but it didnt deter her.

Silkie stew?

Weasel got her. We have issues with them occasionally and she liked to sleep outside no matter how often I put her in

 

[Babybockbock]

that is the problem they need a quality crumble food they are missing that in their diet

They are on a good quality high protein all flock crumble. (Cant remember the name currently )

 

[pennyJo1960]

Quote: then get the fake eggs see if any one can collect eggs
I am not sure what else to tell you

 

[Hinotori]

that is the problem they need a quality crumble food they are missing that in their diet

They are on a good quality high protein all flock crumble. (Cant remember the name currently )

Make curtains for nest boxes to darken them. I'd make a bigger box for the one girl.

I've seen my brahma shove their big rears in places I didn't think possible to lay though.

 

[pennyJo1960]

see mine none have started that only me with 6 eggs in my farm coat pocket

 

[Hinotori]

I'm only getting two eggs a day from the big girls. Less light, molting, and age at work there.

The silkies are giving me 10 a day even with the molting and broodies. Too bad that roughly 4 of those are being collected for hatching still.

 

[pennyJo1960]

I'm only getting two eggs a day from the big girls. Less light, molting, and age at work there.

The silkies are giving me 10 a day even with the molting and broodies. Too bad that roughly 4 of those are being collected for hatching still.

I do keep a white light on a timer my lay all year
long do you need influx of younger easter eggers this spring

 

[junebuggena]

They are on a good quality high protein all flock crumble. (Cant remember the name currently )

What is the protein percentage? How often do you give extras?

 

[Leigti]

I read here a lot but rarely post. I thought I would include a picture of one of my breeding pens for 2017. Silver Laced Cornish Bantam project. These are 4th generation from original parents, Silver laced wyandottes crossed on single laced dark cornish.

I'm not sure I understood a word you said but those are pretty chickens.

 

[Leigti]

see mine none have started that only me with 6 eggs in my farm coat pocket

I have dropped eggs also. So frustrating! My dog sitter wins the prize though, she dropped the entire egg basket. Which was very sad but the funny part was instead of just calling "here chick chick chick chick" she actually cleaned it all up. I laugh every time I think of it. There is nothing like a smashed and in the pocket to remind you that you shouldn't put them there.