Two of my hens started molting late June Early July which i thought was a bit early. They otherwise seem healthy so I am just going with the flow. One of the hens is three and the other is one and it is her first molt.
I just got a blue plymouth rock pullet and she is just the most wonderful hen. She follows me around and talks to me (in low tones) whenever I am in the yard. Lays good sized eggs. Just as sweet as they come and her coloring is lovely with a dark grey/black head and a lavender/grey body. Her...
sorry for not getting back to you sooner. I did not see this text. All three of my pullets started off laying "soft" eggs so I am not sure what is going on but they are all doing well and for the most part laying proper eggs.
Thank you for all the good info. I was planning on just watching and waiting. here's a photo of the egg she dropped into my hand. No shell just membrane.
Update on my pullet Daisy. She laid three eggs yesterday. One was normal and then the other two were shell-less. That poor thing. I was hoping that she would not try to lay today but she is currently setting. I will keep her safe and happy but I fear that she will not have a very long life.
I am feeding them a grower feed but it has been blended recently with a layer feed. Can't remember the percentage off hand. I have only had one chicken that was egg bound but that was years ago. My other hen that laid early was a Black Star and died in October from reproductive organ cancer. She...
I have a 14 week old pullet that has started laying eggs. I confirmed her hatch date with the person that I got her from. My question is, is early laying a sign of anything bad happening with my pullet? She is a blue layer pack chicken and had laid two light blue eggs.
I have a black sexlink that is three years old and still lays almost every day big beautiful brown eggs. She loves to sit on my lap and is a pretty quiet chicken. She also get along really well with my Buff Orpington and Bielefelder.
From your description above I can tell that you are doing NOTHING wrong. Chickens are hearty and yet fragile at the same time. I have been raising chickens for the past three plus years and sometimes young chickens die and it is nothing that you did. I had a chicken with reproductive cancer and...
We have been doing see don't touch for two weeks. I am thinking that my one grumpy hen just needs more time to acclimate to the new littles.I do have mult feeders as the little ones are not heavy enough yet for the treadle feeder. The one time that she was in contact with them she pounced on the...