Posts by wilbilt

Quote: Originally Posted by BellaBokBok  These are my two pullets they're about 9 weeks old or more I was just wondering, is anything more going to change about their appearance? Or are they pretty much...

I have 3 "red pullets" from TSC that are right at 20 weeks old. They have not started laying yet, but have combs  and wattles like your chickens "not in question". I was concerned they might be roosters due to their combs being...

I used some golf balls in the nest boxes when they were getting near laying age. They had no problem figuring out where to lay.   One dropped a shell-less egg one night from the roost, but that has been the only "oops" so...

I tried to get some photos of my hens squatting, but they did not cooperate very well with the delayed shutter of my phone camera. This was the best example of the pose.  When approaching or touching them, they will assume this...

Quote: Originally Posted by Paul 1952  I assume that they can lay with smaller combs and such but who knows... and our blacks and reds are separated a bit in time. Getting eggs regularly here from a couple of...

Quote: Originally Posted by FeatherFluffer  Do Pullets, less then 4 wks ever just open their mouth like they are talking? My 6 pullets did that, It looked like they were trying to crow. One of them (now 17...

First egg here today as well. Pretty large.    

First egg today, 4th of July.   TSC mixed pullets brought home March 1st, so they are about 17 weeks old.   Miss Violet (named for the wound coat I sprayed on her when she got badly pecked months ago) was grumpy and...

Quote: Originally Posted by 1chicklady  Thank you wilbilt, for catching my error.  You are very correct.  I guess that I was just so excited to finally get eggs that I didn't calculate correctly.  I...

Quote: Originally Posted by 1chicklady  Believ e it or not...ours started laying at 12 weeks.   We purchased our 1-2 day old chicks from Tractor Supply on March 1, 2012.  We got our 1st egg this past...