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Thank you OTs for your prompt answers. It was for regular eggs to eat not for incubation. My guesses were good.....guess I did soak up some of the knowledge in earlier posts but still unsure. Still going to watch,measure & take pics of the eggs for learning for me. I like to look back at...

I have a question for the OTs......I am a newbie remember..... & I have 4-31 week old partridge rock hens. Only 1 laying but another that by looking at her comb & wattles should be close when I compare them to one who is laying How do you store your eggs? On the counter, in the fridge? How...

Ok OT's here are my answers: Bird #1- good coloring on feathers. Nice & even. She has a wide breast which should mean lots of room for organs in there. Her back side is wide as well means she should have no problem laying. She seems to be maturing slower than the other bird which means...

Does that pertain to pullet eggs as well? I still havent eaten them. I have them marked as they have been laid so I can watch them for changes in texture, color & size. I find it pretty fascinating :) Yesterdays egg was still warm when I got it Its like Christmas every day that I find an...

ME ME ME !!!!! Its only 9:15 here so I have a few more hours to study before posting my answers at 1 pm

Beautiful lacing. Looks like someone took a paint bursh and drew each one of those white parts around the red perfect. I love the coloring

What a beautiful Rooster Al... I love the brown markings on him

All the pics you OT's are posting are beautiful.....makes me wish I had about 5 acres where i could get a variety of birds to do what you do. Get some hatchery mutts & breed them to make them better and be able to cull till I get some beautiful birds.........*sigh* DOnt mind me drooling over...

Thank you Fred & Bee, Well no trainer hen for me so I will try the golf balls. The boxes are about 24 inches off the ground. They look higher from the angle I am taking the pic from. But when I build my hoop coop in the spring I will know to keep them lower to the ground I might just repurpose...

Ok Ot's looking for your opinion. My hen is laying but she is laying in the bottom of the coop right below the nesting boxes. Now I know she knows where they are since I was watching her this morning to see if I could see her lay an egg and she spent a good amount of time in them kicking out...

Thank you everyone for the well wishes.....I felt like a new Momma last night .......and this morning I cleaned up the coop and kept an eye on them to see if I could see who is laying. I had an idea it was bossy hen.....and I was right. She was bouncing in & out of the nesting boxes this...

OMG ITS HAPPY HEN DAY TODAY !!!!! Guess what I found in the coop just now ???? My first ever egg !!!! This just made my night after a horrible migraine at work & 12 hours at work. They just turned 30 weeks old this week & I really thought I was not going to see an egg till...

Ok OTS can I ask you opinion? Do either of these hens look close to POL with how their combs/wattles look? They are 30 weeks old this week per the date the person who gave them to me said was hatch date. On FF with of course fresh veggies/fruits. The one above is the bossy hen. First to...

Thank you to all the Ot's for sharing their knowledge & experience & for having the patience to answer all our newbie questions no matter how silly they are to you. Thanks to you I have 4 healthy hens that require very little care since its easier to treat them as chickens than pets. But I...

That would be me ........30 weeks and no eggs yet.......but I patiently ask nicely every day for the girls to lay an egg. No one even goes in the nesting boxes but I do see nest corcles in the DL. Sooner or later I figure they will pop one out. As a newbie I dont know if my hens are...