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Hatched some pretty Orpingtons & Bielefelders back in April. Here's our likely keeper. This big boy started crowing at only 3 mo old & started mating the hens about 2 weeks after that. He now hangs out in the coop to spend some quality time with the older ladies. (Not wasting his time with...

That's so funny. My 1st roo did the SAME THING! We thought that perhaps he was jealous about the hens laying eggs & getting all the attention. He jumped in a nest, made some hen "laying noises" then hopped out & sang the egg song. I think he was trying to trick me into believing he just laid...

OK. Since spring has finally sprung, egg production is finally growing. Funny story: On this beautiful sunny day, DD & her friend decided to open a cupcake & juice stand. The girls baked cupcakes & had the great idea of selling them on the corner to other kids after school. No lemonade at...

Because it's winter & the hours of daylight are to a minimum, many will delay their start of lay. Orpingtons in general take a longer time to mature than other breeds. IMO- They make up for it in their wonderful personalities.

We have a new layer! We have a new layer! We have a new layer! I think it's either my Coronation Sussex (5 mo old with very red comb & wattles) or My Lavender Orpington. (a few days shy of 8 months - also has red comb & wattles) (We have another 8 mo-old black Orp, but her comb is not as...

Our Bantam Menace laid her 1st egg, and boy are we proud! It's been 6 days, and she made 5 eggs! They're small but very frequent. Both full size Orps & my Cream Legbar haven't started laying yet. We almost didn't keep this chicken b/c she's our only bantam. Her small size doesn't stop her...

That's so funny. I can just picture it. My pullets just turned 20 weeks on Tues, so I'll be getting extra eggs soon. So far only one of the new girls is laying. She started at 17 weeks & surprised us.

Thanks. Omelet is young, but that's a baby pic above. She was 17 weeks & 2 days old when she made her 1st egg. I was not expecting any eggs until mid September. The other chicks we kept are a Crested Cream Legbar & a few Orpingtons. I'm sure we'll be waiting a while for those Orpington eggs.

Here are the parents of our chicken mutt. Dad= Brownie: Hatched from a pink egg given to me by a farm that used to show chickens. The man decided to get out of it & just allowed his show chickens to free range for egg sales. He had many Amerucanas, so I've always said Brownie's an EE (without...

Thanks for the compliment. I suppose we can literally have green eggs & ham now, but I must admit that it's not a very appetizing shade of green. My daughter said it tasted great.

Our ugly mutt chicken just laid her 1st egg. It too is ugly! LOL I'm so excited I just had to share. This pullet hatched from an egg that was stored in the fridge waiting to be cooked for breakfast. While loading up the incubator, my daughter asked to add this particular egg made by her fav...

Very pretty hens! The assortment of colors are so nice.

Congrats on the 1st egg! I've heard Leghorns are excellent producers, so get those egg cartons ready!

I leave out oyster shell in a separate bowl, but I also crush up the dried eggshells. I find mine prefer the eggshells - especially in nice weather. Commercial layer feed should have all the calcium they need, but mine free range. If they get most of their diet via the yard, they use more...

RenaG- Congrats! & I Love the Photoshop idea! The scene you described is very typical. The other pullets want to know what's going on. When my rooster's fav was making some of her 1st eggs, he would pace back & forth in front of her nesting box, while the rest of the girls looked on. As...

Although we hear it daily, I had 3 of my hens performing a trio this morning. I swear they practiced until they could all do it in unison. Wish I had a camera to record the harmony. There have been times when all the chickens are squawking (including a roo), but never with the loud Bawk at...

YUMM! Looks great. Can't wait 'til our tomatoes ripen to try this. The chickens do a great job prepping the soil. The fence usually keeps them in or out of the veggie garden depending on what we're requesting from them. I have a much harder time keeping them out of my flower beds & herb...

I understand how you feel. Our hens laid every other day for about 1.5 weeks then stopped for a few days like yours. They're very unpredictable in the beginning. Try going through your checklist: layer feed, oyster shell available, clean inviting nest (away from distraction) with golf...

I used golf balls as well. I kept them in the nest boxes for the 1st 3-4 months of laying & never really had any issues with egg hiding. I took them out b/c of 2 reasons: 1. Visitors (always eager to gather eggs) would constantly bring them to me & ask about it. 2. Then my egg-eating thief of...

Glad to hear those eggs are coming. The way to figure out which eggs came from which hen is to keep checking the boxes often. If you see the hen in the box & 30 min later there's an egg in that box, BINGO. It took me a couple months to get everything correct. Some we know by color & others by...