So, we have 19 week old BO's and GLW's, 18 week old SLW's and BO's, 17 week old Isa's, and 16 week old BR's. We found our first two eggs on Monday. Two more on Tuesday and Wednesday. Three on Thursday and Friday. They are all pretty small eggs except for two double-yolkers :)
Our wait is...
Well, my one buff orp that I thought was ready to lay surprised me with a first today--not a first egg but a first rooster crow instead. She (he) is 15 weeks old--is it normal for a rooster to wait that long to crow?
I had a closer look after the crow and realized that I have been ignoring a...
I built my coop in April, and the one thing that I absolutely could not have gone without was some knowledge [and plywood]. Make sure that you know what it is you're trying to accomplish with your coop and build it to do that. For me, that meant digging a 10' by 10' hole to set my coop down...
I can't tell you how happy it makes me to hear that you suspect that came out of a Wyandotte. I have 4 Wyandottes that are 16 weeks old. The possibility of eggs like that makes me smile :)
It's been my experience that there are hugely mixed reviews of Wyandottes. I decided to add 4 of them to my mixed flock. My Wyandottes are definitely the least social of my birds (also have Orps, BR's, and ISA's) but they are not mean to people or other chickens. They all seem to be in the...
Hey Scratch n Peck- thanks for sharing. I have not had the problem you were describing yet--I did go into my setting and check to make sure that I don't have it in the future :)
The post that I would have deleted was from me clicking 'reply' instead of 'quote'. When I posted it, it had no...