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I completely understand what you are saying and what the original post was about. I appreciate the information being shared. That being said, however, I agree that perhaps disease or something similar thereto is playing a part. Yes, there are a LOT of people whose spring pullets are laying...

Quote: Hi there and welcome, and congrats on the new mini flock! Nobody's chickens are laying this year. There are a few thousand chicks that came from hatcheries this past spring that should have started laying in the last 2-3 months and haven't even started showing signs yet. Just...

Quote: Many things in that article are "just not so". That's why I don't understand how anyone on here is using it as a reference guide. For the information in that article, you can find almost the exact opposite of most of that information here on BYC. I found the article to be pretty much...

Hey, guess what? Lola, our new EE who joined us 3 weeks ago, laid her first egg here today! And it's bluuuue~!! Yep, I am doing the happy dance! She was laying at her old home for about a month. I am told she was hatched March 1 of this year. She's been squatting for us for about...

Quote: Wow. Sigged. Some folks here seem to forget that. I seriously doubt anybody forgets that. I think that's why we get concerned... we know they're not machines. We know they're living, breathing creatures with certain anatomical and physical expectations, just like humans. If a human...

Quote: I agree, a good post for a sticky! Got the coop light thing going for several weeks now (they have 14 hours a day of daylight as recommended by numerous sources). Got them on the right food. Yes, they free range, but our backyard isn't very big and we do daily checks in every nook...

Hi, I posted my response on the original thread but am going to add it here, as well. That article is, in my daintily humble opinion, not useful at all. According to that article, chickens are pretty useless within two years, and they all start laying at 18 to 20 weeks. That goes against...