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This spring like weather has that male ready. I don't know if they have been mating. I saw them 2 days ago mating I thought well maybe in 2 weeks she will start to lay. First time have them mating so early in the year. We shall see in next week if the eggs are good or not.It's funny, last night I dreamt that I was surprised to find the first egg of the season while feeding and my first thought was 'Oh, no'.
Mine usually start to lay in beginning of April. I guess they were just ready already. Lol None of my other males are tho, jist this pair.I don't get my first eggs until the 3rd week in mayish.
Holy Moly that makes a really short season. I am good with April first but they don't all start then, the crescendo is about the first week of May with my biggest hatches in early to mid June. I plan to not set any after mid July unless under a broody hen. Incubated chicks hatched after mid August are difficult to get ready for the winter cold.I don't get my first eggs until the 3rd week in mayish.
I have cocks that are ready and have their 'daddy bump' and some hens that look close too. Lucky for me they are in a heated coop.This spring like weather has that male ready. I don't know if they have been mating. I saw them 2 days ago mating I thought well maybe in 2 weeks she will start to lay. First time have them mating so early in the year. We shall see in next week if the eggs are good or not.
It's short but much more intense for it. I've compared numbers of eggs and fertility with a few georgia, florida, and texas people and even though they have many more months that the birds feasibly COULD continue to lay for longer periods and produce more chicks they don't. I think part of it is they have not been domesticated so they haven't been bred to the point of producing like a domestic chicken would. I also think a major factor is the fact that both male and female invest so much in the reproductive process with the plumage, dancing, egg production, chick rearing, etc. that they would simply burn out and begin to show malnourishment from libido and injuries from mating.Holy Moly that makes a really short season. I am good with April first but they don't all start then, the crescendo is about the first week of May with my biggest hatches in early to mid June. I plan to not set any after mid July unless under a broody hen. Incubated chicks hatched after mid August are difficult to get ready for the winter cold.
That’s normally when mine lay in Alberta as well.I don't get my first eggs until the 3rd week in mayish.