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  1. WombatChook

    Wonky first-after-moult egg?

    Quick update on the egg situation here: no eggs yesterday, although she did hang out in the nest box for a while, but this evening she stood in the corner of the yard and laid one. It appears to have broken inside her, but yolk, white and shell all accounted for. Shell softer and thinner than...
  2. WombatChook

    Wonky first-after-moult egg?

    That's quite curious, then. 🤔 The weather in Melbourne has been cooler and more unpredictable than average, and the timing of their feather loss/moult did seem weird because I presumed they'd get sunburned or something. We don't use supplemental lighting, sunrise is currently close to 7:30am...
  3. WombatChook

    Wonky first-after-moult egg?

    She's about 20 months, and after a couple of weeks of looking decidedly scruffy she's soft and glossy again. I thought the summer moult was due to their age (the oldest one is 2 years now), and the weird weather we're having in AU, but I really don't know. Hopefully it's not a reproductive...
  4. WombatChook

    Wonky first-after-moult egg?

    Hi all, I have 3 isa brown hens, that usually lay light brown, sometime speckly eggs. They have all been going through various staged of moult over summer. Two have continued laying despite the moult, and have been giving me eggs every 2 days. The third chook stopped laying for a couple of...
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