laying

We have a very sweet Japanese bantam who has been in the nesting box for at least 4 or 5 hours. She is about 5 months old and has been laying an egg everyday for about a month now. I went out to check on her and found that she layed her egg already today. Every time I pick her up or move her...

I have been managing a flock integration issue for a few months now (and have posted about it and discussed with others on the thread), but I am not writing about that this time, rather about something related. My pullets (there are 3 of them), who are now a little older than 20 weeks, have not...

I'd like to Introduce Scarlet. My mixed up pullet! My two leghorns have been laying since week 18. My two New Hampshire are now 22.5 weeks and have not started laying yet, nor do I think they are near ready. But..... This little lady sings the Egg Song! Every time my leghorns go into the coop...

I have two ducks the khaki Campbell (Pepsi) and a runner (Rue) if both are hens when will I be expecting eggs from them and do they need somewhere perticular to lay them or will they just lay them where they want? They stay outside all day and come in on a night due to the amount of foxes that...

Im thinking about getting some chickens to go with my 6 ducks. What breeds are great at laying? What breeds are usually fairly docile? What breeds are usually quiet? What are your favorite breeds and why? Thanks for your help and good luck to you and your flock!

I have three wonderful little weirdos who have been laying for months now very regularly. But one of my dogs have started terrorizing them and I don't feel like I can give them enough time and space for free ranging without predators around. Reese, Nemo, and Pipi (Silver laced wyandotte and...

Ive noticed my hens arent laying much is there snything i can do to fix that a little i know its coming to the end of the warm season but its not exactly winter yet? Please and thanks.

Hello, Our hens are going on 5 months old. We recently started mixing layer feed (Nature's Best Organic Crumbles) into our starter/grower feed because a few of the hens were showing signs that they'd be laying soon (squatting and getting really big, red combs and wattles). Sure enough, we...

I have a list of duck breeds the I'm interested in getting but I need people who have these breeds to tell me how they do. 1. Cayugas 2. Silver Appleyards 3. Magpies 4. Buff orpington 5. Saxony 6. Welsh Harlequins 7. Crested What are the pros and cons of these breeds? Which ones are good for...

My ducks are still very young and not going to be laying for another ten weeks or so, but I am wondering if I will need to provide them some kind of laying box or prepare a special nesting or laying area? Please tell me about and/or post a picture of your ducks' laying area.

Hi everyone, I am new to chicken raising, and have a couple questions.. 1) what is the average age a hen will begin to lay? 2) how often do they lay? 3) How long after you stop the medicated feed, can you begin to eat the eggs? I have 4 hens, 1 White leghorn,3 Rhode Island Reds.. They are 4...

I have a total of 10 chickens. 6 silkies, yes still waiting on sexing. 2 comets and 2 eatser eggers. My comets started laying at 17 weeks. My Easter eggers are about 20 weeks now. Yesterday and today my black easter egger layed in one of the nesting boxes that is frequently used by the comets to...

we have too identical nesting boxes, but all 3 chickens will ONLY use what’s come to be called the “preferred nesting box”. So, every morning/afternoon there’s a bunch of squabbling over that one box because they all have to lay at the same time. Just wondering if there is any way to get them to...

I have free range chickens on over 1/4 acre. They have a separate coop to roost and a shed to nest in. My pullets have just started laying in their area of the coop. They began integrating with the older hens a week ago. When I moved the nesting boxes to the shed before the pullets were...

Hello my name is daisy. Im now, as of today,going to care for 3 chicken hens my step dad abandoned. At our house. He is no longer living here with us. Soo I've decided to join this group in order to learn about information that will help care for the hens. Care as in their health, feeding ...

out of my eight 22 week old pullets only two have started laying and one of my girls has been laying soft shelled eggs. I've been supplementing their food with crushed oyster she'll for two weeks and still finding either broken or intact soft shelled eggs on coop floor in the morning. Is there...

I have a few hens I bought a while back. They seem to be liking their new home. But I'm not so sure if they are laying. They could be laying their eggs anywhere around the yard, but I've found none so far. But every time I walk up to them they "drop" for me like I am a Rooster. The...

Hello! I hope everyone is having a great day today, Happy (early) 4th of July!!! I forgot to post these last week but I wanted to find out what caused a few of my chicken eggs to look so funky/cracked. I have never had this happen before and after the day these were laid I didn't see anymore...