egg laying

I have 7 Indian runner ducks and one drake. It's our third year now and the ducks are all laying away. However, one duck gives us worries. She just had a prolapse the second time in two weeks. the first time she managed to lay a soft-shell egg after a couple of hours and the prolapse retreated...

My pullets are 12 and a half weeks now. When i built their 12x8 coop in the back of our shed i chose not to put the nest boxes in yet. I had read many places that breaking the habit of sleeping in then was very hard. And since they still love to sleep in a pile i figured that a nesting box would...

Hello! First time chicken girl here so I’m not sure what is normal and what may need adjusted in my girls diet, if anything at all. I have a mix of 15 girls that I’ve raised from chicks. They were born the end of February. I’ve been feeding them Kalmbach Organic Layer Pellets for a couple...

One of our new additions to the flock seems to accidentally be a rooster! He’s a silkie about 5 months old, and just a week ago I witnessed him doing a mating dance at one of our laying hens (who’s over a year old). We intend to get rid of the little dude (we can’t have roosters in the city...

Hope this question isn't redundant, and TIA! One of my hens started laying on the 4th of July and has been laying one or two eggs daily since then (the 2x a day eggs have been soft shelled and layed outside of the nesting box). Anywho, she's gotten into the habit of laying the "normal" eggs...

I have three Indian runner girls just over a year old. Over the last few months they will randomly lay one or two eggs. I haven’t had all of them laying in months. One of my girls sits on an empty nest all day (I left an egg in there to help but that didn’t seem to change anything). They don’t...

Hey! So, I have three button quails that I keep in a 5 gallon temporary enclosure (will be upgraded next Wednesday), two younger individuals, male and female, and an older laying female, as I've been told by the breeder. Sadly, the older female still hasn't laid any eggs :( in addition to that...

I know hens can only produce 1 egg in a 24-36 hour period of time...so I've read. You can imagine my shock when I got up and found our hen, Omelet, had laid a normal hard egg and a soft-shelled egg. She had not laid her usual morning egg the day before. So...I suspect the hard egg got stuck...

Hello, There is a ton of good info on this site and I'm sure the answers to my questions are on here somewhere...so I apologize for any redundancy. I have ten chickens 6 Barred Rock hen and two Silver Duckwing OEGBs hens, and two roosters, one G/B Sebright & one Golden Wyandotte. All are...

Our seven hens decided to go on strike suddenly. They've been laying perfectly for months. Then suddenly stopped one day. What could cause this? They have constant clean water and nutrutious feeding. Nothing has changed but the weather. Though that hasn't prevented them before.

Hey everyone, We just replaced our old mailbox. I'm wondering if I could chop it in half and make 2 nestboxes out of it? Would they use it do you think? And what would I use for the front to keep the straw in? Any suggestions or ideas? I hate to waste anything useful and it seems it might be...

Hello, I have a 6 month old Welsummer pullet who started laying 3 weeks ago. I'm concerned because she started laying so late, and she has only laid 2 eggs since she started lying 3 weeks ago. Is this normal? She always has access to calcium, fresh food/water, private laying boxes, & a...

My pullets are now 19 weeks old. They are messing around in the nesting boxes, having sex with Black Bart the rooster and generally look pretty ready to lay. I can't wait! But I have to. Do you thing either of these girls look ready to lay to you? :fl

My hens layed normally last fall. They didn't produce as many eggs during winter, but now that it is late Spring, they still haven't layed more eggs. One of my chickens is broody, but the others mostly ignore her. How do I get my chickens to get off their 'winter laying' schedule? They are only...

I originally posted this in the Chicken Behavior and Egglaying thread but the conditions have worsened and I believe my girl is really sick. Here is a history. I have a 14 month old White Rock (Dottie) that in the past 4 weeks has started laying soft shell eggs in the middle of the night. This...

I've posted about the egg bound issue previously. In Phoenix Az - 6Mo. old Crested Cream Legbar 4.4lbs, 1 week ago we noticed her becoming very lethargic and discovered she's got an abnormal 1st egg, she still hasn't laid. Bottom of pecking order - with bully hens keeping her from food and...

We have four hens. Great girls they're. We cracked an egg tonight and there was some blood in it. To hens are the same breed so we know which one it could be. Thanks for the help in advance.

:loveI've finally gotten a big beautiful Cream Legbar Rooster & a Cream Legbar hen, and 2 Crested Cream Legbar hens! AWESOME! However - Upon examination hens are definitely NOT back in lay yet... all appear healthy enough, not older than what was told to me....Others were said to have had...

HAS ANYONE OUT THERE CROSS-BRED A *WHITE LEGHORN* rooster to a *RHODE ISLAND RED* hen? If so, can you tell me what the EGG PRODUCTION is like (color, size, frequency in laying, etc..)? I read that this particular cross outlays the org. pure breed. - - - - - - Last year, I decided I wanted...

I have 2 hens old enough to lay. One, Mamma, lays everyday. Baby Girl was laying everyday, then she started brooding. She done this for about a month, without laying any eggs. She finally came out of it, but still hasn't laid an egg. It's been 3 weeks since she quit brooding. Is she ever going...