Patridge bantam chicken poorly foot?

[beach chick]

I thought it would be fun to have a kind of survey on whose chooks are laying what and when, and whether it's surprised you! I'll start:

 

- Muffin and Crumpet the silkie bantams are laying every day at the mo - despite their reputation

- Crunchie the Light Sussex is pretty reliable

- Meringue the Maran is laying, but her eggs are no longer a lovely chocolate brown, they seem to be beige and speckledy!!

- Sugar the White Leghorn hasnt laid for days (or not that I've found anyway - tho I think someone might be eating them... grrr)

- Paris the Bluebell and Chardonnay the Silver Sussex are currently excused for moulting

- Apricockerel is permanently excused!!

[moomin]

I'm still getting 10 eggs a week from my two girlies, just one less egg than I was getting in the Summer.

 

I must admit I am pleasantly surprised - and delighted - as they are both purebreeds and I thought they would stop laying in the Winter, or at least slow RIGHT down!!

 

[Egg Lou]

I have 7 Girls in total and usually have 3 eggs per day = approx 20 a week

 

3 of the hybrids Burger, Porsche & Freckles lay pretty much every day.. the sole wage earners!

 

Beanz (Pied) is let off as moulting and still playing "mum" and brooding the 3 Pekins (17 weeks old!)

Just hope she gets back to normal soon as went broody the first week I bought her, left the chicks at 6 weeks.. then went broody again and when the pekins joined the flock she started to brood them once more.. so only laid for 1 week since June!

 

The Pekins are due to come into lay December but will probably wait until Spring so also let off!

Edited November 17, 2008 by Guest

[ruth1]

Out of my 7 girls only 3 have started to lay, 2 of them in the last few weeks, I get about 2-3 days a week where I get three eggs and the other days alternate between a brown and Blue, or Brown and cream.

They look very pretty when you open the eggport and all the eggs are in a little heap.

[TAJ]

I have one moulting and getting 2 most days from the other two - the odd day we get one egg. So my eldest and only pure breed is still laying and hasn't thought about moulting yet.

 

Tracy

[Daphne]

Pullets/Hens 9 Eggs 0

 

I've heard silkies are good winter layers....its just the summers they don't do!

[Adams Egg]

We have a Bovan, an Isa Brown & red ranger, all thre laying everyday, so 21 eggs a week!

[purple hen]

My 3 goldlines are all laying nearly every day, and today my new black star has laid her first egg , the other 2 young ones are showing no sign of laying yet, I think they are waiting for spring.

[pistachio]

I'm really pleased with my girls. i have 3 gingernut rangers and 3 mrs pepperpots. One of each are not laying (one too young the other in shock after an attack) but between the other 4 I'm getting between 4 a day - once got 5. Is that possible to get 5 from 4 chickens in one day or did my ill one lay a random one again?

[Egluntyne]

I have 18 hens....4 are very young and not laying yet, another four are getting on a bit and only laying sporadically, if at all.

 

We get 8-10 eggs a day and I have no idea who lays any of them, apart from the dark brown eggs laid by Piper.