Luvachicken Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 I'm still sending the egg wish Thank you Chickabee Would you like me to send you a roasting tin? Dancing cloud, that's very kind but could you send me any spare eggs instead ? Auntielizzie if you're after eggs then don't get pekins but they are very pretty and such a delight and any eggs they do lay are fab ........... whenever that may be Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mullethunter Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 Does anyone have bantams that lay all winter? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickabee Posted January 8, 2015 Author Share Posted January 8, 2015 I've got 2 that have just started laying. I've got a pekin that hasn't started yet. A light sussex bantam that hasn't laid for ages, a Silkie who hasn't laid for ages and ditto my frizzle, who hasn't laid since she went broody last July Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purplemaniacs Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 Does anyone have bantams that lay all winter? No. My four haven't laid for months. Chrissie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat tails Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 Does anyone have bantams that lay all winter? My silly ladies are still laying! They are New Hampshire bantams. Cinnamon hasn't stopped at all, an egg every other day, since she started in August. Nutmeg has her on and offs, but will still do a few eggs a week. Ginger did a few over Christmas, but isn't very regular. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickabee Posted January 8, 2015 Author Share Posted January 8, 2015 I think you should hold your breath til Next year cattails your girls are officially pullets. Hope I'm Wrong, but I think you'll be pacing up and down next year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat tails Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 Ah well, that's fine. I wasn't expecting any eggs this winter! They are a February hatch, so almost a year old! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickabee Posted January 8, 2015 Author Share Posted January 8, 2015 Well, you'll just have to get some more Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat tails Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 Well, you'll just have to get some more I'd love to! But with my tiny garden, it wouldn't be responsible chicken keeping. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mullethunter Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 OK - maybe I need another Eglu then so I can have a couple of ex cage fighters! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beantree Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 We have a Brown Leghorn bantam that laid her first egg since August yesterday Mullethunter. She was rather ill (long story) and then moulted, which is why she didn't lay through early Winter. Her egg was 54 grammes, which is pretty good for a bantam I think. Her 'mothers' laid all year, but they do only lay for two years and then the eggs have run out. White Leghorn bantams used to be very popular because they took up little space and produced a lot of eggs for relatively little feed. Downside is, being a Mediterranean breed, they don't like cold weather so much below zero and they will need heat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minnie&Moose Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 One of our pekins, Daphne, is back up and running in the egg dept and another, Dolores,might be about to do the same Mind you the first has been broody/rearing chicks since July and the second stopped laying at the same time - perhaps in solidarity with her friend Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeshen Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 Mullethunter - I've kept pekins since April 2011 and without fail, they've always stopped laying around September and haven't started again until around mid-Feb. This year, Lavinia laid her first egg at the beginning of December and now 3 of them are laying regularly so we're getting enough eggs to not have to buy them. Don't know why. Mild weather? And maybe if one starts, it's catching?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luvachicken Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 Not long till February Did look again today but still nothing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickabee Posted January 14, 2015 Author Share Posted January 14, 2015 My white star, Lola, laid 2 eggs yesterday! Then still laid one today Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minnie&Moose Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 My white star, Lola, laid 2 eggs yesterday! Then still laid one today That's impressive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickabee Posted January 14, 2015 Author Share Posted January 14, 2015 I know. I have heard of it happening before, but it's a first for me. She's a pullet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill2b Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 Mutha has resumed laying normal eggs again after a short spell of cock eggs, she is strutting around with her. Tail up high. At least it will stop Betty and Wardrobe taking the micky because they didn't stop at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luvachicken Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 Still no eggs for me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mullethunter Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 Nor me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickabee Posted January 15, 2015 Author Share Posted January 15, 2015 This is what I got today. An egg in an egg. It had the white and the yolk. Haven't cracked it so don't know what it's like inside. My girls are going crazy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luvachicken Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 Still an egg though I think I counted at least 16 girls in your list Chickabee so no wonder you have eggs already - and so many too. Perhaps I should get even more girls Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickabee Posted January 15, 2015 Author Share Posted January 15, 2015 17, 6 are laying. 2 will probably never lay again (ex bats) enjoying the good life Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat tails Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 Another 2 eggs today in the withdrawal period... At least the girls will have a nice supper tomorrow! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luvachicken Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 Today's the day I got an egg. I think from my new little one Tilly - she has been crouching for a while and then exploring in the Eglu the last couple of days. I'm so proud of her Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
