Record amount of eggs today!! 17 out of 29 ... Most we have had yet! Hopefully the other girls will start laying too. Beginning of the week we only were getting 12-15
We have 2 sets of australorps the first set were around 22-23 weeks before they started laying. Our 2nd set are around 19 weeks and I expect the same time frame maybe a little sooner as they are all red in the face and have started checking out the nesting boxes because of the other chickens
So we thought one of our girls was never going to lay as she is 25 weeks. Until last night I saw an egg sitting on the top rooster ever so balanced that I swore my husband put it there. Come to find out she had found a part of the roof that she could nest in. We found 11 eggs in total with only...
We got our first Australorp egg! So 4 out of 10 are laying, I wonder who and when we will get an egg next!! It really feels like Christmas What I find interesting is we have 2 coops and both the eggs in the picture was found in a different coop than I was expecting
Still waiting, our girls are 22 weeks today! I put some fake eggs in there to see if that would encourage them. When I came home from work one was moved and I thought it was a real egg and was jumping up and down until I picked it up my husband just laughed. So to say I'm anxiously waiting is...
So our australorps are still not laying!!! they are 20 weeks and I am anxiously waiting for their "rent". Any one have some lay this late? I am blaming it on the heat wave
I am anxiously waiting but wondering if the heat is going to impact. I definitely have one girl that should be laying soon as she has finally turned red. They will be 17.5 weeks tomorrow. My other girls aren't as read so I expect it will be a few more weeks. *the girl in the back on the ramp is...