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Anyone that got chicks this last March....are any of them still not laying or just barely laying? I am trying to figure out what is 'normal'. I don't think mine is yet laying (though it is a mystery in the coop that I am getting an egg that COULD be hers....but I have never ever seen her in the egg box, nor does she squat, nor is her face totally red. But I have a rooster so not sure she would squat for me (since the rooster matured none of my older hens squat for me any more). But the very ugly, mishapen, unevenly colored eggs could be one of my girls coming off a moult since I HAVE caught them in the egg box occassionally.
My Brahmas ended up being boys, but despite they're size, one is still not red in the comb or developing cockerel tendencies like the other cockerels in their age group. All of my production birds from April and June hatch are laying. One of my older hens decided to start laying outside.Anyone that got chicks this last March....are any of them still not laying or just barely laying? I am trying to figure out what is 'normal'. I don't think mine is yet laying (though it is a mystery in the coop that I am getting an egg that COULD be hers....but I have never ever seen her in the egg box, nor does she squat, nor is her face totally red. But I have a rooster so not sure she would squat for me (since the rooster matured none of my older hens squat for me any more). But the very ugly, mishapen, unevenly colored eggs could be one of my girls coming off a moult since I HAVE caught them in the egg box occassionally.
I know my production mix was much louder when she was close to laying. She also announced every single egg from any hen for a while.Do they get more talkative just before they start laying? I have 2 buff brahma pullets that were hatched May !0th. One of them is WAY louder than she used to be and her comb is getting redder lately too. She's always been a bit more chatty than the other. But I can hear her at the house now. lol