laying behavior

  1. Kaeny

    Rooster keeps losing wing feathers and is shaking

    I have a rooster that I bought from the fleamarket about a month ago. He finally is getting along great with the hen that I have but since a few days ago I see that his wing looks really bad and now it seems that he’s losing more feathers on his body right under the wing. Also I noticed that he...
  2. Nuggetbeackerastro

    Chickens haven’t started laying eggs yet?

    My three little chickies Will be 6 months old on the 28th of this month, I got them in April, and they haven’t started laying yet, one has started doing the squatting thing with the wings spread out, and one has kinda started doing it, two have pretty red combs, I’m a first timer, and was told...
  3. S

    I’m new to raising my girls.

    12:50 pm Good Afternoon Friends, I am new to owning chickens. I’ve had my girls Shannon, Peep and May for approximately 6 months. My girls recently started laying eggs as of Tuesday this week. I have some concerns to this. How do I know the eggs are safe for consumption? I’ve researched this...
    • SelcouthLynn
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    • behavior change chicken chicken behavior coop build laying at night laying behavior laying eggs new at raising chicks protecting chickens
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Managing Your Flock
  4. rabbit0927

    Broody Silkie

    My 7 month old hen name Greyson (aka Gracie) has been laying eggs for a month now and of course that is when we found out our other chicken was a rooster :) She usually lays an egg every day and may skip a day in-between but she has not laid any eggs for the last 4 days and been sitting inside...
  5. gachickenlady

    Egg Production Halted

    Hi there. I've had my flock for a little over 2 years, and in the spring, two of my five hens stopped laying. One is only 1.5 years old and the other is perhaps 2.5-3 years old. The other three hens are b/w 1.5 and 3 as well and are laying fine (about 5 eggs/week/hen). I can't figure out why...
  6. Bettyboop7499

    OMGoodness..WHAT IS THIS!

    I washed of some August eggs which are also the first of my eggs and I noticed this one was floating...I believe it is important to educate myself as much as possible so instead of just tossing I opened to see what the "egg" looked like. I noticed I could hear or feel jiggling when I shook the...
  7. Bettyboop7499

    BREAKING-BAD EGG HABITS...

    Hello All, my little SDW OEGB-Lizzy has been laying her eggs in the garage. I came across two eggs yesterday by chance, just cleaning out a box for my new Ducks and surprise!-Two sweet beautiful bantam eggs come rolling out! I was in complete shock and was confused at first but then I recalled...
  8. H

    Strange New Layer

    My newest laying hen tried to hide under the ramp that goes into the coop. Safe to say she couldn't fit under the ramp more than to stick her head under it. I thought it was weird.... I went into the coop looking for eggs, and from inside the coop lifted the ramp to make sure she was alive. She...
  9. H

    Rhode Island Reds: a few days shy of 18wks

    One of my hens this morning didn't rush out for food and water. She hung back inside the coop, and didn't come out right away. Then she went back inside a short time later. I was wondering if she might be getting ready to lay her first egg? She's squawking a little bit too.
  10. Bettyboop7499

    Free Range & Egg Laying...

    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...
  11. L

    Odd post-laying behaviour in Hen could it be sign of trauma/illness? Droopy and pale comb.

    Hi everyone, My 30 week old leghorn girl has been exhibiting some odd behaviour after her last few lays and this paired with her droopy and paler than normal comb has me worried it might be an underlying problem. She'll come out from laying (normally 10-15 minutes after being in the nest) and...
  12. Kimmyh51

    Duck laying multiple eggs while brooding young ducklings?

    I have a khaki Campbell x duck who is in a run with her 10 ducklings who are not yet 3 weeks old. Tonight I found 5 eggs in the nest box. I put fresh hay in there daily and im pretty sure I put hay in yesterday, but if I did forget to, 100% sure I put fresh hay in the day before that and I...
    • Kimmyh51
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    • laying laying behavior
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Ducks
  13. H

    What is this?

    I purchased hatching eggs labeled Rhode Island Red - but I have no idea what we hatched. They were cheap eggs and a great science project for my daughter and I and we LOVE our eggs. I wasn’t anticipating any eggs for about another month or two, but they will be 17 weeks old tmw and I’ve been...
  14. BYChickies

    Black Astralorp stopped laying

    My wonderful layer a coming 3yo Black Astralorp has stopped laying all of a sudden. She is not moulting. She started laying mid-February, nice big eggs at about 3-4 eggs/week then in the past 2.5 weeks she hasn't lay an egg at all. Her hen mates, an Ameraucan of the same age is laying her...
  15. EggMan207

    Pre-snowstorm laying

    I've noticed that all my girls lay the day before a big storm (which happens occasionally at other times, but certainly isn't an every day occurrence). Additionally, the day or two after the storm aren't usually good egg production days. Is there any science behind this? I would hypothesize that...
  16. sooty and sweep

    Chickens haven’t laid for 6 months

    Hi I have two chickens, Who started moulting August last year so they stopped laying eggs. This took a while but they have finished now and they still haven’t started laying again. They have access to food, water, oyster shells and grit. Also one of them has had a dirty and poopyrear feathers...
  17. Nancy H

    Chickens laying in nest box and secretly laying elsewhere

    My five hens (w/one rooster) have been producing two eggs on average in their nest boxes, down from three in early November. I thought this was due to the short days. Today I discover twelve eggs secreted in the fenced yard, all laid since I last looked a month or so ago. I think two of the...
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