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Livestock => Poultry & Waterfowl => Topic started by: charente on November 01, 2009, 09:56:40 am

Title: what, still no eggs!
Post by: charente on November 01, 2009, 09:56:40 am

After two weeks our hens still have not laid. They are in a run, nowhere to hide eggs. Fairly sure they are not being stolen. They are all 1 or nearly two years old. Up until now they have been daily layers. Will they blow up, die from being egg bound? What's going on? Thanks. :farmer:

Title: Re: what, still no eggs!
Post by: sheila on November 01, 2009, 10:39:15 am

Winter is whats going on. are they losing their feathers?

Title: Re: what, still no eggs!
Post by: charente on November 01, 2009, 05:13:35 pm

Yes a little, but last winter they laid every day. How long will our suusex hens be on strike do you think? :farmer:

Title: Re: what, still no eggs!
Post by: little blue on November 01, 2009, 05:34:54 pm

Yes, but this winter they are erm, more 'mature!' And they aren't egg-machine hybrids, so be fair...
Ours are warrens, some ex-bat and have noticeably reduced egg numbers.
The quail decided AGES ago it was winter, thankyou very much, so no more eggs til spring!  And they're very young

Title: Re: what, still no eggs!
Post by: doganjo on November 01, 2009, 06:30:37 pm

I'm getting one every other day from 8 ex batts and a LS.  I'm fairly sure it's the same hen that's laying too as the eggs are always slightly misshapen at one end.

Title: Re: what, still no eggs!
Post by: MiriMaran on November 01, 2009, 07:14:25 pm

We've gone from 20 to 8 eggs a day!

Title: Re: what, still no eggs!
Post by: shetlandpaul on November 01, 2009, 08:33:18 pm

we have 46 layers and are getting about 24

Title: Re: what, still no eggs!
Post by: Janette1970 on November 02, 2009, 02:59:19 pm

My ex-batts were released in september and I'm averageing 3 a day from 5 birds. 4 then 2 and so on!!!
I have raised a couple of chicks and I'm not sure when little Mildred will strat laying!!
I had a dream she layed a nest full of tiny eggs  :D  :chook: Am I going completely mad  :love:  ;D

Title: Re: what, still no eggs!
Post by: little blue on November 02, 2009, 05:58:37 pm

No, not mad!  When we were building our chicken shed, in February, in hail and snow, my o/h was dreaming about still building and turned his imaginary screwdriver right in my belly, when I asked him what the heck (!) he was doing, he said "I've got to finish, the chickens are here!"

Mind you, he does weird stuff like that quite alot....

Title: Re: what, still no eggs!
Post by: doganjo on November 02, 2009, 06:02:30 pm

you DO have an interesting life, Little Blue  ;D ;D ;D ;D