laying

  1. M

    New layers, confused on where to lay?

    Hi all! So i have a mixed flock of 8 chickens and 4 ducks. Everyone just started laying and a lot of them are doing so good laying in the nesting boxes. I have two that will not which is odd. They all share a coop and backyard. One (I think my sapphire gem) likes to lay on the floor but only...
  2. kristi123

    My chickens are not laying

    I have a variety of different breeds of chickens (silkies, Orpington, Colombian rock, Easter eggers, Legbars) and they all seemed to stop laying for the past 4 weeks. They are all different ages from 6 months to 3 years old and not one seems to be laying. The weather has been a bit colder but...
  3. M

    How to determine who is laying?

    Hello again I'm back at it with my wacky questions! So I have 4 ducks, a runner, silver appleyard, muscovy, and magpie/pekin (we think?), how can I tell who is laying based on behavior or looks rather than picking them up and feeling pelvic bones? I don't like to have to chase after them and...
    • Mamahen2104
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    • duck egg eggs laying magpie pekin runner silver appleyard
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Ducks
  4. Littlebear123

    Chickens Aren’t Laying, Roosters Aren’t Jumping

    So I’ve got a tricky situation that I’ve never heard of. We’ve had chickens for about 3 years and have dealt with all kinds of situations with them. Starting 2 months ago our chickens just stopped laying eggs. At first we thought they were molting but they just finished going through that and...
  5. GoldpartridgeHen

    when will they lay

    i have 6 hybrids (2 rir x ls, 2 black medici, 2 marans cuivree) it is cold where i am, regularly dropping below 10 degrees c, when will they start laying? they are nearly 21 weeks, so should they all be laying within the next few days?
  6. Clappmeg

    Chicks snuggling with broody?

    Hi all, I have a broody silkie chicken sitting on 3 eggs which are developing great as far as I can tell.. they look to be about 11-12 days along. I have two older chicks in my flock (about 3-4 months old). Both of them but especially one in particular have seemed to take a liking to my broody...
  7. M

    What breed is this lovely lady?

    I picked up this duck and picked her out of a huge group of about 50. There were runners, muscovy, khaki Campbell's, and gold 300's in their flock. She guessed it was a cross of a 300 and a khaki. What do you guys think? https://imgur.com/a/PLRlxvI
    • Mamahen2104
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    • breed duck help layer laying
    • Replies: 12
    • Forum: Ducks
  8. jencrom

    Duds?

    I have 2 black jersey giants and 2 Ameraucana pullets, all 8 months old. None are laying yet. I know the bjg take longer to mature but what’s up with the Ameraucana? I’m in coastal SC so it’s still warm here (highs around 70 lows in the upper 50s). I’m stubborn and refuse to buy eggs.
  9. S

    Southeast Indiana

    New to BYC. Southeast Indiana, Switzerland County, on the Ohio River and border Southwest Ohio and Norrhern Kentucky. Flock for sale. Golden Comet Hens-21 Golden Comet Rooster-1 Golden Laced Wyandotte Hen-1 Easter Egger Hen-1 Golden Comet Gold Laced cross chick (hen)-1 Royal Palm Turkey Hen...
    • Sassy86
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    • chicken coop easter egg for sale golden comet golden laced wyandotte hen laying rooster royal pam turkey
    • Replies: 22
    • Forum: New Member Introductions
  10. rascal66

    Advice training hens to use new nest box?

    Husband just installed 3 new nest boxes, the kind that is designed for the eggs to roll away from the hen after the egg is layed. About half of the hens I have used to use this style box and know to lay their eggs inside, however my other half don't have any idea so far. The box looks like...
  11. buffy-the-eggpile-layer

    Hen Laying Oddly Shaped, Flat-Sided Eggs

    My ISA Brown started laying at the end of August. At first, she laid daily supermodel eggs. We were so proud because she had only one month earlier been diagnosed with a heart murmur (after almost dying from heat stroke). She made a full recovery from the heat stroke incident and we'd been...
  12. ChickStavie

    24-25 Week old laying soon?

    Only got one picture at the moment but will add others when i get good picturesShould she be laying soon i have silkies that are a month older and they havent layed either
  13. WallyBirdie

    Polish and Guinea Affair?

    My White Crested Polish, the one who steadfastly insists on tagging along with the juvenile guineas, is ready to lay any day now. She's been squatting! Thing is, she has access to different nesting boxes, and she keeps trying to squat/lay in the dame place as my adult guinea hen. Is that...
  14. FathertoFeathers

    Can you tell a ducks age

    A few months ago I bought some ducks off of craigslist. One of them started laying for a few weeks then hasn't laid since. Then another one was laying pretty consistently for awhile then after some of the ducks died she hasn't played since. I know age can play a factor in laying as long as...
    • FathertoFeathers
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    • duck duck eggs ducks ducks laying egg eggs laying
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Ducks
  15. buffy-the-eggpile-layer

    Help! Chickens Eating Eggs!

    4 out of 7 of our pullets have started laying. 3 of the 4 have learned to use the nesting boxes, no problem. They each lay brown eggs, which are always left in the nesting boxes, untouched. The 4th pullet, our EE "Darla," seems confused about laying in the boxes and leaves her white eggs in the...
  16. awyman

    Beginner Duck Mom Question.

    I have a couple questions as far as duck egg laying goes. The other day I found my first 3 duck eggs in a random spot in my duck enclosure. I collected them, and floated them because I wasn’t sure how long they had been there. They were perfectly fine. So I go back to the same spot the next...
    • awyman
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    • duck egg duck egg problems duck laying eggs laying
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Ducks
  17. WallyBirdie

    Eggs at 4 months?!

    My newer chickens turned 4 months old on September 10th. They're still very young. I went outside this morning, saw a handful of scattered feathers and immediately had to check on the birds. Everyone is accounted for and everyone seems fine, but there was one little egg in the coop! I don't...
  18. C

    Is she broody?

    We have a very sweet Japanese bantam who has been in the nesting box for at least 4 or 5 hours. She is about 5 months old and has been laying an egg everyday for about a month now. I went out to check on her and found that she layed her egg already today. Every time I pick her up or move her...
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