laying behavior

  1. T

    New Layer, 6mo suddenly aggressive

    I have a Buff Brahma named Bobbi who has always been the sweetest and most apt to show me friendly attention. Her breed is a docile breed (they're called the friendly giants!). Her and my other two hens (a speckled sussex named Nancy and a Buff Orpington named Marge) just turned 6months old and...
  2. O

    Egg laying declining 😫

    We have a small quail farm (approx 60 birds ranging in age from 3 months to 2 years) ~ we have had success with the birds in smaller coups.. all females laying, resulting in about 30-40 eggs per day. We decided that a more open aviary would be the “kinder” thing for them and proceeded to build a...
    • OhanaQuailers
    • Thread
    • eggs laying behavior quail quail advice
    • Replies: 13
    • Forum: Quail
  3. B

    Immaginary Eggs

    Hello everyone, New member here coming from continental Europe and looking for some advice. On my ranch I have one Marans and one Bresse flock as well as some Ducks and Geese. Unfortunately, I have a problem with one on my oldest chickens/hens in the Marans flock. This hen is "experienced and...
  4. V

    Old chickens or stressed chickens?

    We inherited 4 chickens from our landlord last November. He claimed they were about 3y.o. We were never told what type but it looks like we started with 2 Rhode Island reds, possibly a Dominique and a Crevecoeur (except the others have pecked her head bald, prior to us receiving her). One of the...
  5. oystercrackers

    Egg bound??

    Worried about a new layer, she started laying about 2+ weeks ago and her breed (Golden Comet) is known for egg laying problems unfortunately so I want to make sure she's not egg bound. She's been going back and forth between the nesting boxes and run, she hasn't tried to actually lay yet. She's...
  6. O

    Hens Not Laying

    About 1 and 1/2 months ago I got 4 bantams (2 silkies, 1 chamois polish and 1 pekin). The farm I got them from stated that all their chickens are from 16-20 weeks old when sold. I was wondering if anyone knew how long it would take for them to start laying? And also does anyone have any advice...
  7. Maryam.

    Antibiotics consult

    Hi, I hope you’re all fine! As you might know I have a 3year old female pekin called Cookie that has been having laying issue since a few months ago. She has an unknown reproductive issue that started suddenly and cannot lay normally, her egg is shell-less and has crazy shapes. She also passes a...
    • Maryam.
    • Thread
    • antibiotics disease duck female duck laying behavior reproductive issues
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Ducks
  8. ChocolateWingTheRooster

    Found out where the eggs went... (I have a couple of questions!)

    So, recently, I was finding less and less eggs. I thought my chickens were taking a break from laying... but I was wrong. Yesterday I checked for eggs and.... I found a stash of 24+ (Likely fertile) eggs! (That’s 2-3 days worth of eggs!) That for some reason was out of sight and layed outside...
  9. Busht7

    Chicken laying under slide.

    Hello everyone I have a chicken laying outside under the slide and not in the nesting box. She has laid about three times in the nesting box but I just discovered 10 eggs under the play slide. All my hens came to me April 29th as day old chicks. She is the only one laying and she's a Jersey...
  10. ecb4156

    Easter egger pullets 22 weeks old

    I have 4 EE pullets and was wondering when they will start laying? They are 22 weeks right now
  11. B

    Premature egg?

    This morning I went to let the girls out and I found an egg in the poop tray under the perch. The shell is so thin it looks almost more like tinted membrane. Right next to a fat piece of poop. The hen who did this is fairly new to laying. Is it a thing where they think they have to poop and they...
  12. B

    Ameraucana Drama Queens

    Hi all! My Silver Lace Wyandotte was the first to start laying a couple weeks ago. She goes in the box, does her thing, maybe sings the egg song, maybe not. No big deal. My Ameraucanas do the I-gotta-lay-right-now screech for what seems to be hours. Miley started laying with my SLW and her...
  13. Chickenraiser1995

    Does this behavior mean she’ll start up laying again soon?

    Hello! My hen hatched and raised some babies that are about 5 or 6 weeks old now. They’re very independent and she isn’t calling them over much anymore. The hen started doing the egg song a couple days ago randomly. It’s a few times a day. She just stands in the middle of the yard and sings her...
  14. F

    No access to nesting boxes

    so I snuck a lone chick under a broody hen last night and closed the top part of the coop off from the other four hens (where the nesting boxes are.) I don’t trust my four hens with the new baby in the coop especially while I’m not home, as mamas nest is in the box they all love to lay in (of...
  15. naomiayn

    Bantam's stopped laying

    My Bantams are about one years old and up until about three weeks ago they were pretty consistent layers. They are a little goofy and would not always use the roosting boxes but I would find their little eggs here and there. All the others hens, of different breeds, all still at it. What is...
  16. spiritpots

    Chicken's laying in corner of coop - not nesting box

    I have three chickens, which I've had for about a year now and they have always laid in one of two nesting boxes. They always lay in just one box, never laid in the other box. All three generally lay every day so after hearing a lot of squawking today from my brown leghorn I went to check for an...
  17. father0fnine

    How does a chicken start her nest?

    Hi all, I have watched my Muscovy's raise young for a couple of years now and I know how a duck will make her nest. She will lay about one egg a day until she is done (that is about 12 eggs for my girls) before she will start sitting on it. I watch and quietly count the eggs each day when I...
  18. A

    Pecking Order Questions

    I've had 3 normally laying rhode island red hens, and i just added 2 barred rocks and 1 buff orphington. Obviously, they started pecking each other, mainly the rhode island reds (Hot Sauce, Princess Carolyn, and Lady Peckinpaw) were the ones doing the pecking. So when are they going to finish...
  19. E

    Production Red laying late in day

    My production red chicken started laying 9 days ago. She’s laid 6/9 days since then, but always in the afternoon and sometimes as late as 3-4pm. (She just laid an egg about 45 min ago), yesterday she laid an egg around noon, so it’s much later today. Is this normal for a chicken who just started...
  20. Ginmary

    Am I trash or treasure?

    So Saturday morning I let the 3 Seramas out of my bathroom but I didn't want to get out of bed just yet. (Needed those extra 5 minutes.) Dumpling jumps onto my bed and cozies herself under the poofy comforter that was piled next to me. She's scrunched under there but right next to me touching...
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