squiffs Posted August 1, 2011 Share Posted August 1, 2011 When we first got our chickens Babs laid an egg a day in a 5 days on 1 day off pattern, but once Margot started laying, she's sort of stopped - occasionally (maybe twice a week) we'll get 2 eggs. Margot laid her first egg a couple of weeks ago and has been regular as clockwork since! Margot does occupy the nestbox for a far longer time than is necessary (if Babs' spells on it are anything to go by) - sometimes an hour or 2. Might this be stopping Babs from laying or has she just got lazy? Or should I be worried that she's not doing too well? Her wattle and comb haven't gone red since we got her, so she doesn't even look like she's in lay, her face has gone red in the last few days (like she's sunburnt, can chickens get sunburnt?? ). Anyone else with lazy chickens, please allay my concerns Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squiffs Posted August 1, 2011 Author Share Posted August 1, 2011 Wow - so I guess I may need to worm them - although I'd have thought Omlet would have done that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnandkymberley Posted August 1, 2011 Share Posted August 1, 2011 Hi lauren, mine have just come off the the flubenvet worming pellets and i am getting more eggs than ever! ours were laying pretty irregular aswell, are you going to use flubenvet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squiffs Posted August 1, 2011 Author Share Posted August 1, 2011 Hi lauren, mine have just come off the the flubenvet worming pellets and i am getting more eggs than ever! ours were laying pretty irregular aswell, are you going to use flubenvet? yes I have a tub of it, no premedicated pellets I just wouldn't have expected to have to worm them 6 weeks after getting them from omlet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnandkymberley Posted August 1, 2011 Share Posted August 1, 2011 I know, i would think thats a bit unusual but it wont harm them, hens can pick up worms so easy though! mine were wormed and i found a few white strings but nothing major, i didnt realise they could still have them but show no signs of having them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squiffs Posted August 2, 2011 Author Share Posted August 2, 2011 I know, i would think thats a bit unusual but it wont harm them, hens can pick up worms so easy though! mine were wormed and i found a few white strings but nothing major, i didnt realise they could still have them but show no signs of having them! Only thing is, they're not on grass or soil so I'm not sure how they'd pick them up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
