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post #151 of 5221
7/3/12 at 4:53pm
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They tell me that when their combs turn red and get bigger that they start laying shortly after that. I have two Barred Rocks that must have some kind of silly bright red hat on their heads.

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post #152 of 5221
7/3/12 at 7:03pm

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Does it look anything like this?
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post #153 of 5221
7/4/12 at 1:01am
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No that one in your picture has them beat but they do have bright red full combs and bright red waddles. They had nothing when I got them.  I have come to the conclusion that they are roosters and they are afraid to crow because I might eat them.

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post #154 of 5221
7/4/12 at 4:54am
Oh. For a minute I thought I'd found the problem! Sigh. Back to the drawing board.....but, if they are really in cognito, it must be a conspiracy. But then I never believed in that comb getting red thing, all my chickens of various ages have bright red combs, most are no where near laying or crowing seriously...maybe they have pea combs and are whisper crowers...they are smart enough to figure it out after all, they want to keep a good thing going...I don,t know how to break it to you,.. but you may never get eggs.,you can have drumsticks though.
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post #155 of 5221
7/4/12 at 6:14am
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Pea combs and whisper crowers?  You lost me again. Is that a nice way to tell me I have roosters that i'm expecting to lay eggs?

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post #156 of 5221
7/4/12 at 6:39am

my girls laid the day I got them!  2 eggs yestarday!

I am the mama of 9 full-grown hens: 1 Dominikers, 1 Partridge Rock, and 2 Buff Orpingtons, and 5 gold comets

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I am the mama of 9 full-grown hens: 1 Dominikers, 1 Partridge Rock, and 2 Buff Orpingtons, and 5 gold comets

Join my RPG!!  http://www.backyardchickens.com/t/745405/walk-in-the-wild-wolf-rpg#post_10488392

Or this one!!  http://www.backyardchickens.com/t/748669/pride-of-the-serangheti-a-lion-pride-rpg-needs-members

Or, this one!!  http://www.backyardchickens.com/t/764630/stray-wild-feral-ca...

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post #157 of 5221
7/4/12 at 7:31am
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Originally Posted by animallover505 View Post

my girls laid the day I got them!  2 eggs yestarday!

My girls (or boys) have give me problems since I brought them home. You are so lucky to have a normal family. I bet they even lay eggs in the nest box.

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post #158 of 5221
7/4/12 at 7:53am
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It's a violation of the egneva convention, and they may relatiate by surrounding you in the coop and protesting loudly, it CAN be frightening....brrr,shudder, when I remember them doing it to me. They will sneak up on you, just put the egg down, and back away...

gig.gifThis is all too funny.  You guys are killing me.  highfive.gif

1 Broody OEGB (Goldie), 1 OEGB Rooster (Sal), 1 OEGB Cockerel (Nugget), 2 Buff Orpingtons (Hope & Faith), 1 White Bantam Cochin (Lucy), 1 Red Bantam Frizzle (Ethel), 4 Red Stars (Lil Mama, Wilma & Betty and Pebbles).  2 Dachsunds (Tootsie & Baby), 1 Pug (Chubaca) and 1 German Shepard/Lab mix (Charlie). 1 Quarter Horse (Dancer) and 1 Paint (Star).  Oh and I have 3 adult children.

 

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1 Broody OEGB (Goldie), 1 OEGB Rooster (Sal), 1 OEGB Cockerel (Nugget), 2 Buff Orpingtons (Hope & Faith), 1 White Bantam Cochin (Lucy), 1 Red Bantam Frizzle (Ethel), 4 Red Stars (Lil Mama, Wilma & Betty and Pebbles).  2 Dachsunds (Tootsie & Baby), 1 Pug (Chubaca) and 1 German Shepard/Lab mix (Charlie). 1 Quarter Horse (Dancer) and 1 Paint (Star).  Oh and I have 3 adult children.

 

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post #159 of 5221
7/4/12 at 9:11am
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Originally Posted by animallover505 View Post

my girls laid the day I got them!  2 eggs yestarday!

 

 

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Oooooooo, that's cheating! You're supposed to start with just hatched babies and nervously wait for them to lay; losing sleep, training them to roost at night, gnashing your nails, pouring tons of money into brooding supplies and feed, pampering them during the heat wave, and watching for every change or squat before you get eggs. You have to EARN those eggs!!    


Edited by 7 Biddies - 7/4/12 at 9:17am

Owned by 2 grown offspring, 2 spoiled cats (Albert and Stanley), and 7 (correction: 10; chicken math, ya know) silly biddies: Blanche, Clara Cluck, Dorothy, Olivia, Miss Prissy, Agnes, Edwina, Eunice, Ruby and Bernice, who fill my basket with gorgeous multicolored eggs.

 

Here, every night is Ladies' Night:  http://www.backyardchickens.com/a/lazy-womans-automatic-self-operating-chicken-coop

 

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Owned by 2 grown offspring, 2 spoiled cats (Albert and Stanley), and 7 (correction: 10; chicken math, ya know) silly biddies: Blanche, Clara Cluck, Dorothy, Olivia, Miss Prissy, Agnes, Edwina, Eunice, Ruby and Bernice, who fill my basket with gorgeous multicolored eggs.

 

Here, every night is Ladies' Night:  http://www.backyardchickens.com/a/lazy-womans-automatic-self-operating-chicken-coop

 

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post #160 of 5221
7/4/12 at 9:17am

I got my third egg!

I am the mama of 9 full-grown hens: 1 Dominikers, 1 Partridge Rock, and 2 Buff Orpingtons, and 5 gold comets

Join my RPG!!  http://www.backyardchickens.com/t/745405/walk-in-the-wild-wolf-rpg#post_10488392

Or this one!!  http://www.backyardchickens.com/t/748669/pride-of-the-serangheti-a-lion-pride-rpg-needs-members

Or, this one!!  http://www.backyardchickens.com/t/764630/stray-wild-feral-ca...

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I am the mama of 9 full-grown hens: 1 Dominikers, 1 Partridge Rock, and 2 Buff Orpingtons, and 5 gold comets

Join my RPG!!  http://www.backyardchickens.com/t/745405/walk-in-the-wild-wolf-rpg#post_10488392

Or this one!!  http://www.backyardchickens.com/t/748669/pride-of-the-serangheti-a-lion-pride-rpg-needs-members

Or, this one!!  http://www.backyardchickens.com/t/764630/stray-wild-feral-ca...

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