Hy-Lines attacking my Leghorn

[aart]

@aart has a wonderful graphic showing the process.

Do you mean the video that's in the egg quality article(that anyone can share)?
https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/common-egg-quality-problems.65923/

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Lol, I guess so. I didn't yet have it in my list of shareable links. Thanks!

 

[ChookaPete]

It takes about 25 hours for an egg to be formed inside a hen's body, so in general a hen will lay about an hour later each day, then take a day off and start again the following morning. I believe Educator @aart has a wonderful graphic showing the process. Maybe she will share it again here.

Glad your girls are starting to get along better.

Thank you!


I think another chooky today had reached the end of her clutch cycle. I will see what happens tomorrow.

But yes meanwhile Chamomile is happily hanging out with my Hy-Lines in the front yard all day long! Just as she used to.

 

[ChookaPete]

Thanks again everyone for your help!

It has been over two weeks now and my chookies are all getting along nicely! I had planted some lavender, and also used some intervention and discipline to the bully chooks.

A good thing now too is that Chamomile's confidence is developing! There are a couple of times when Cardamom and sometimes Cumin seem a bit 'testy' around Chamomile. Chamomile tends to do her little cautious and dare I saw whingy whinny, but her tail and head are tall - she's not stressed. All the chooks are comfortable foraging, dust-bathing and chilling out together.

I guess a big advantage I have is that my chooks have a lot of space to move around. They free-range across both the backyard when it is cooler and to the front yard when it is warmer.