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#1 User is offline   Dig4Life 

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Posted 16 October 2009 - 10:29 AM

I bought 4 warrens a few days ago and the man said they were layers and im yet to have a egg are they only settling in naw or should they be laying. Thanks
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Posted 16 October 2009 - 10:55 AM

depends on age they will start laying about 20 weeks ish old then an egg a day mate
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Posted 16 October 2009 - 02:41 PM

All hens are different, ive got 2 hens here at 26 weeks and they only strated laying 2 days back.

Warrens are good utility birds and will keep you stocked up with fresh eggs.
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Posted 16 October 2009 - 06:33 PM

i have a cockeral in with them and they seem awfull broody will the eggs be alrite to still eat
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Posted 18 October 2009 - 03:41 PM

is there any thing to condition them and get them in better shape my cockeral seems bald on his back what could that be
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Posted 18 October 2009 - 04:12 PM

could be moulting mate :clapper:
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Posted 19 October 2009 - 09:20 AM

when i went over the morning to leave them out there was a smashed egg in there what could that be
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Posted 20 October 2009 - 08:59 PM

View PostDig4Life, on Oct 19 2009, 10:20 AM, said:

when i went over the morning to leave them out there was a smashed egg in there what could that be


It's possible the Cockerel you have with them is Treading the Hens while they are trying to Lay.

Where did you get the Hens from?.
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Posted 20 October 2009 - 09:11 PM

View PostDig4Life, on Oct 16 2009, 11:29 AM, said:

I bought 4 warrens a few days ago and the man said they were layers and im yet to have a egg are they only settling in naw or should they be laying. Thanks

Hens start to slow down on the laying this time of year mate,mine have gone from laying 8-9 a day out of my 10 adult birds to between 1-4 a day now.
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Posted 23 October 2009 - 03:29 PM

View Postjohnnyg33, on Oct 20 2009, 10:11 PM, said:

View PostDig4Life, on Oct 16 2009, 11:29 AM, said:

I bought 4 warrens a few days ago and the man said they were layers and im yet to have a egg are they only settling in naw or should they be laying. Thanks

Hens start to slow down on the laying this time of year mate,mine have gone from laying 8-9 a day out of my 10 adult birds to between 1-4 a day now.


when will they start to pick back up mate
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