egg laying

Hi! If I have a Japanese Bantam Rooster that I breed with an Old English hen, will I get many eggs from the resulting hens that I hatch? Since OEB are prolific layers and JB only lay around 75 eggs per year, I wasn’t sure if the resulting daughters of this match would take after one parent or...

We have a scissor beak hen. We actually named her Scissor. Lol. My question is if she will for sure lay eggs? She also has foot deformities and well… bless her! :) Scissors beak is pretty bad, but we hand feed her daily and we make sure she has access to mash. We used to grind food for her...

Hi all! So, my runners and chickens started to lay again back in late January/early February, but it's been a week now with no eggs and I'm worried in case there's something wrong. They are all eating well, drinking fine and acting perfectly normal. We have had some snow this week and I thought...

I have 7 hens all hatched around April 1st 2022. I believe the one in question is some sort of Americana/Easter egger (no idea what the mixes there are but she looks like a Brown leghorn and lays green eggs). She was my first layer, and she laid reliably all winter. She really hasn’t taken too...

Hi! I'm a first-time poster and first-time chicken owner :). I have a flock of 4, all 13 months old. They all started laying around 6 months and 3/4 have consistently been laying an egg a day since. But my easter egger stopped laying in September (~5 months ago, when she was about 8 months old)...

Hi! I have an African goose, who just started laying eggs. I know The eggs definitely unfertilized because she’s my only goose. So far she has layed 2 eggs, both hard shell but different sizes. I’m just wondering why they’re so different in size, how soon should I take them from her nest, and...

Hi Folks, My duck hasn't been sleeping in her box at night, looked under a tarp and there are 10 scattered eggs. Little sneak! So some questions- Can I just remove all the eggs? Or should I supply her with fake eggs and let her go through her cycle? (With pigeons you have to replace the eggs...

Hello! This is just a curiosity question. :) All my hens stopped laying in October and November and I decided not to do additional lighting this year and let the hens have a break. We get 8 ½ hours of daylight here, currently, and three of my hens just started laying again consistently. I was...

Hello! I have a few 23 week old (almost 24 week old) blue andalusian pullets that were “supposed” to start laying last week or the week before. I’ve been feeding them later pellets and scratch as well as the occasional kitchen scraps (all good for chickens ofc), adding supplemental lighting to...

Hello everyone! We live in Ecuador. We have a coop for 5 hens, using deep litter method. Since the area I live in is 55 degrees to 75 degrees Fahrenheit all year long and the sun stays up for 12 hours a day every day of the year Will they lay eggs continuously or take a break and molt? The blue...

I have 6 chickens and they are now about 26 weeks old. The egg laying just started for the first time about 2 weeks ago. I am only getting one egg every 2-4 days. I am not sure which one is laying or if it is multiple since I am only getting one at a time. My concern is that not all of them...

I have 15 hens and only get two eggs a day. There is no where for them to have a secret nest. What should I do to increase egg production. We usually get more eggs in the winter compared to now which is concerning. Also most of the hens are only 2 years old. There are some younger.

I was recently told that the owners of the chickens I am caring for would start grabbing their own eggs and I didn’t have to myself. I noticed after there were about 80 eggs in the coupe the laying seemed to stop. With so many, I decided to just get them myself again and all of a sudden the hens...

So i have 3 isobrown hens, 2 lavender orpington, and 2 pekin ducks…. All of my isobrowns started laying in there boxes, then the ducks started to lay. Now my isobrowns refuse to lay in there boxes…. They lay in a corner with the ducks. So the eggs get messy and cracked…. Anyway i have 3 5gal...

Hello! I am a new duck owner. Over the pandemic me and my wife decide to get pet ducks. We got two from the local farm store, hoping both were females, but to our suprise we got one male ancona (marty) and one female cyuga (Bernadette). The males aggression made us worry after the first year or...

Do you have a chicken under your wing who is having difficulties due to egg production? Perhaps a prolapsed vent? Don't want a relapse? Don't care that she makes eggs or not so long as she is happy and healthy? There's a drug for that, but it's illegal in the USA to use for chickens, let's...

Hello fellow chicken momma’s! My 5 20week old barred rocks pullets are consistently kicking their ceramics eggs out of their nesting boxes, 4 out of the 5 are squatting, and they are more vocal then ever. All these behaviors started about 2weeks ago. Could this mean their FINALLY going to lay...

Hello all! I'm wondering if anyone could help me figure out what's going on with my 4-year-old Ameracauna, Belle. For context, she is one of three backyard hens, the other two being Dominiques. Unfortunately, this past winter, our Australorp and other Americauna passed away, which may be...

I have a Plymouth Rock chicken who hasn’t laid eggs since almost three months now. She is free range, we’re in California by the ocean so it’s not overly hot here. I can’t get her to eat her layer feed anymore. I try mushing it up with water, I even added cat food in the mush to disguise the...

Sooo many different amounts listed on websites… so figured I would ask here. How many eggs per week does you CCL hen lay? ALSO, what size? And when did they start lying? Thanks! Pic for attention