Hey y'all! Just an update about Bonnie my 25 wk old australorp mix. She laid her first egg today!!!! I had noticed her comb and wattles looking more red this week and BAM! She was hiding up next to my house next to a straw bale this morning and I thought hmm. Maybe today is the day. An hour...
Funny thing is I didn't hand pick them!! Hah! Oh well. Two of the Roos I've had have been jerks anyways. I've got 3 ameraucana chicks just a couple weeks old. Let's cross fingers they're not all Roos!!!
So, I've got one hen out of my original four pullets left. Three turned out to be roosters! Bad luck I suppose. And now I'm dying for her to lay. She's an Aussie RIR ameraucana mix supposedly. 23 weeks old. Like I'm starting to think maybe she's a he too. In the mean time I acquired 3 ameraucana...