Re: No more shell-less eggs!!!

From: nuele (fowls_at_nuele-online.de)
Date: 08/07/04 

Date: Sat, 7 Aug 2004 17:22:15 +0200

CaptRon <CaptRon@nospam.net> wrote:

> WOOHOOO!!!
>
> today we got 5 eggs. since we only have 5 hens of laying age, Im hoping
> that the shell-less problem is over. 2 of the eggs are of "medium" size
> and of course still getting the double-yolk from the one hen. The other is
> a small pullet egg. 1 brown from the RIR (Mr. Blue), 3 blue, and one a
> lovely rose-ish color.

lovely

> I read in another thread that hens dont usually lay everyday?

it very much depends on genetics and age. Krys has had young hens that
even laid two eggs a day for a while, but that is really really rare. A
lot of breeders don't select for egg numbers, and these strains often
don't lay daily, or only during a short period of the year.

> From the kids trips, I know that almost every morning between 10 and 10.30
> Mr. Blue goes into the house and doesnt reappear until 11.30ish. Is this
> really that unusual?

Some lay their egg fairly quickly, and some stay in the nest box up to
one and a half or two hours. Some just get up quietly and sneak out of
the coop, and others cackle so excitedly that they start an alarm in the
whole village. ;-) well, almost. They all seem to be thirsty after
laying.

> Every 4-5 days she will skip a day of laying. Most of
> mine seem to lay roughly 24 hours apart. Sunday we got 4 eggs, yesterday
> 3, and today 5.

congratulations!

Nuele (D) 

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