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 Post subject: Hens off the lay ...still
PostPosted: Sun Feb 19, 2012 2:59 pm 
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My chooks are producing only about 5 eggs a day from 9 chooks..all are young
Is that up to par? I have 3 hi lines,1 leghorn,2 new hampshires,1 Australorp and 2 wyndottes. Both wyndottes are clunky and hatching same clutch of guinea fowl eggs. Have searched everywhere for hidden nests with no luck. Often it is less than 5 eggs. Any ideas?

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 Post subject: Re: Hens off the lay ...still
PostPosted: Sun Feb 19, 2012 3:51 pm 
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Are you saying that both wyandottes are clucky/broody? Of your chooks only the hylines and the australorp are egg laying machines, the other breeds lay less eggs per year. If your wyandottes are broody then they won't be laying so you are down to 7 possible layers of which the new hampshires might lay a handful of eggs a week and the commercial layers might skip a day every now and then, so yeah, 5 eggs a day sounds pretty good to me.

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Just a thought:

Rats some times roll eggs away if the coop isn't rodent proof :(

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 Post subject: Re: Hens off the lay ...still
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Do they?

Do they also talk to pigs and spiders?

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"Thomas", such a doubter.

In fact I know that they do, I know that you are well read and have obviously read T.H. White's "Charlotte's Web"; I know of two people in our area who have had young hens in their first year of lay and at one period of time, NO eggs. Both discovered rats nests near by with chook's eggs, the eggs all had a small hole in them and the insides sucked out and only the empty shell remaining. Both did not have rodent proof coops.

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 Post subject: Re: Hens off the lay ...still
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I think you'll find the correct name is Templeton, and no, I don't doubt you at all, I simply read your post and unfortunately uttered the first thought that crossed my mind. It's cluttered in there, the thoughts need to get out! :-D

I think that rat's nest would be quite interesting to see with it's collection of eggs. Do you have any photos?

Are people named Thomas also incorrigible?

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Rats are around but I am on to it. Nearly run out of bait...safely in a pipe so girls can't get them..a nearby fig tree is part of problem.the leghorn is laying every day...white eggs so easily identifiable ...what a champ!!

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My girls are a bit tardy in the egg laying at the moment too. :(
I had two broody barnies and got them out of it and they came back into lay quickly. Now the other one is broody. :-?
1 off my sussex was moulting - so no eggs from her. The other two were producing. One of those has since died. th_Noooo.gif
Now my three rocks are moulting as well. = no eggs from them. Really early compared to last year too.
I reakon I'm getting an average of 2-3 eggs from my 8 girls. Mostly barnie eggs.

On the positive side one of my young Australorps have started laying. Small but regular. woohoo4

A few weeks and we're bound to be rolling in eggs.

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I think you are about on par, as you said they are still young. I'd expect your five eggs to be from the hi-lines, leghorn and australorp so far. If the wyandottes are broody then you won't expect eggs from them until they have the chicks hatched and the chicks are about 8 weeks old, (in my experience) My brown leghorns are good layers but I've no experience with new hampshires.


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 Post subject: Re: Hens off the lay ...still
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wickedwings wrote:
Do they?

Do they also talk to pigs and spiders?


OMG, WW you absolutely crack me up. I can't believe how loud I laughed when I read your response!

On an unrelated note to this post: Is it usual for Plymouth Rocks to be mounting at this time of year? My girl is on a feather losing expedition at the moment. So much so, that I think she will be bald by end of week if she keeps going the way she has in the last few days. I thought chickens didn't moult until August?

Sorry to crash your post Berrigan with my questions. I too actually think 5 eggs from 7 possible layers is good too.

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