Comments on: How many eggs does a chicken lay each week?

By: Bilal

Bilal — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 06:38:19 +0000

Hi folks, i find your comments interesting so wanted to share mine too. i have 30 hens, around 15 of them are a year old and lay daily, rest of 15 are around 18 weeks old and its winter here so i assume their eggs by the end of feb. rest i have 70 chicks 2 months old and they shall also start laying eggs by the end of feb. i feed them grians, pulses with vitamins minerals mix diet available at pet shops. they are happy and so im

By: Elaine

Elaine — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 09:29:21 +0000

Hi…So happy to find a site that has people like myself starting off with chicken-keeping as I don’t know anyone else that has any. I wonder if anyone could answer a question about why my new POL buff rock bantam is plucking the tail feathers of my other POL buff rock and eating them. The one doing the plucking (Penny) has started to lay eggs about a week ago. The one being plucked (Dorothy) has not laid anything. When we got her her tail feathers had already been plucked out and we are suspicious that she might actually be a he as she does a silent cock- crowing impression. Any suggestions would help!

By: Marihel

Marihel — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 16:37:01 +0000

Can only echo Emma about what a useful friendly site this is. I’ve been keeping hens for 3 years. Started with 6 hybrids (Speckledies and Columbines). We were swamped with eggs for the first 18 months, often 7 a day, with Mavis at the top of the pecking order and poor Susan very much at the bottom. Three died at different times in the last 6 months – took two of them to the local vet when they were poorly. One unknown causes, one probably to do with egg production process and one to do with liver. In my view this is probably to do with breeding of hybrids. I have 2 eggs most days from remaining 3. (Btw vet treatment of hens v much cheaper than cats and dogs, and indeed rabbits). Anyway I am about to get some Faverolles!