full house

[BUFFS]

we have had our 10 chooks now since the spring,and all that time we have had a problem with one laying soft eggs,sometimes the right shape but no outer hard shell,we have had 8/9 each day....but on tuesday and thursday we had 10 perfect eggs,i had to go back and recount to make sure,but they finally did it,they got a treat of hot cheapo rice for that(thats their fav),just as i was saying to OH that they might stop laying for a while come winter,they go the other way....our birds are now going into their second winter,will they always stop laying,or just not as many,as last year they all (6 at the time) layed nonstop,very few days when we didnt get an egg off each.

[Suechooks]

They'll most likely reduce in number rather than stop altogether especially if (or rather when) they moult. The best layers usually only stop for a very short time during moult and also re-feather very quickly. My only black rock looks very tatty but has yet to stop laying and she's over 3 years old!

[BUFFS]

They'll most likely reduce in number rather than stop altogether especially if (or rather when) they moult. The best layers usually only stop for a very short time during moult and also re-feather very quickly. My only black rock looks very tatty but has yet to stop laying and she's over 3 years old!

only one of our blackrocks moulted last year,she still looks so much better than her sister,she has lots of red/ginger on her neck and really looks the bees knees,both lay eggs that would be classed as extra large,its hr sister that sometimes thinks she is a cockerel,both weigh about 4lb+ at a guess.

[gillian62]

its hr sister that sometimes thinks she is a cockerel,.

I got a POL chicken earlier this year, but for the last 6 weeks or so, she has started to make the most dreadful noises, clucking really loudly especially in the morning, she almost sounds like a cockeral. Not sure what we can do with her, as we live in a city area, and am concerned that she is disturbing neighbours first thing in the morning.

[Suechooks]

One of my bantams does that until she's laid her egg for the day. She makes more noise than the cockerel!

[Gro-Bag]

I've got one who does that. When I had a young cockerel starting to crow I'm pretty sure she stopped, but now that there's no boys around she's crowing again in the mornings.