Sunday, November 3, 2013

Re: [CHICKENS-101] rubber egg

 

Mary,
  I had several of these as my younger birds started laying.  They all laid one or two of these the first few weeks they started to lay.  I believe this is normal.  I have never eaten any of them, so can't speak of eating them.   This is part of the natural egg laying process.  If you have oyster shell available, they will eat it when they need it.
 
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[CHICKENS-101] rubber egg

 

I am new to chickens and my chickens are new to life! One has started laying. The first few eggs were DELISH, and she seemed to know just what the nesting boxes are for. However, yesterday I did find an soft-shell egg on the floor of the coop! Even though I have had a separate feeder with just crushed oyster shells therein. Plus they have a large run to which all have access during the day. I sit here at my desk and love to watch their antics!
 
Questions:
1) Can one still eat a flexible, leathery egg?
2) How do I get her (hopefully eventually them) to eat the oyster shells or will they finally discover them?
 
You guys are fantastic! I know you have all the answers for us newbies!
Thanks,
Mary

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[CHICKENS-101] RE: egg laying question

 

I'm no expect but would suspect that the two soft shells were layed by the young birds. How old are they?


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We have 8 Production Red laying hens. We have been getting 8 eggs per day on a regular basis. This morning we got 2 soft-shelled eggs and just 7 regular eggs. This has happened before, about a month ago. Although we do have other layers, they are not old enough to be laying yet. Is it possible that our Red hens are laying more than one egg at a time? Or are the  young ones getting started very early?
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Saturday, November 2, 2013

[CHICKENS-101] egg laying question

 

We have 8 Production Red laying hens. We have been getting 8 eggs per day on a regular basis. This morning we got 2 soft-shelled eggs and just 7 regular eggs. This has happened before, about a month ago. Although we do have other layers, they are not old enough to be laying yet. Is it possible that our Red hens are laying more than one egg at a time? Or are the  young ones getting started very early?
Thanks!
 
 
Nancy Blanchong
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seek His face always. Ps. 105:4
 

 

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Friday, November 1, 2013

Re: [CHICKENS-101] Re: : Need Ideas

 

You might try going in once it's dark and the chickens have "gone to bed," and simply remove the ones sleeping in the nest boxes, setting them up onto roosts. So far, it's worked for those of mine that thought they'd have "private rooms."

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Re: [CHICKENS-101] Re: : Need Ideas

 

Put some roosts closer to the floor


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Our newly renovated Coop is 10' X 6 ' with a 5 foot yard that wraps around the coop.  Inside is comprised of two shelves all the away around.  The lowest level is three feet up from the floor.  The top level has a chicken ladder for sleeping attached to the top shelf and the other end is attached to the ceiling on the other side.  We have located all the nesting boxes on the first shelf.

Problem:  About 1/2  of the chickens are using the nesting boxes for night time sleeping and are pooping like "no tomorrow" in the nesting boxes.

What do we do?  We would like the nesting boxes be used for nesting boxes.

Thanks in advance.

Ginger


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Our newly renovated Coop is 10' X 6 ' with a 5 foot yard that wraps around the coop.  Inside is comprised of two shelves all the away around.  The lowest level is three feet up from the floor.  The top level has a chicken ladder for sleeping attached to the top shelf and the other end is attached to the ceiling on the other side.  We have located all the nesting boxes on the first shelf.

Problem:  About 1/2  of the chickens are using the nesting boxes for night time sleeping and are pooping like "no tomorrow" in the nesting boxes.

What do we do?  We would like the nesting boxes be used for nesting boxes.

Thanks in advance.

Ginger

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