daily egg gathering

[DouglasPeeps]

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Welcome to BYC! I would think that the Rhode Island would be laying by now, but it is normal for chickens to lay between 16 and 24 weeks old. The squatting means that they are getting close. Hope this helps! Keep looking for eggs, they are coming soon!

 

[DouglasPeeps]

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I Love your pictures Jen! What a great idea!!!

 

[Kesta]

thanks for this bit of info i hope they lay soon

 

[Dar]

ok everyone i feel really silly for asking this...but how do you know if your chickens are squatting?...

My chickens are about 20 weeks old and all they do is walk around and eat bugs and follow my daughter around the yard (lol she calls them her ladies she is 5..she says she is taking her ladies for a walk)

I have about 2 days of grower food left and then I am switching to layer food...or should I wait till I see my first egg?

thanks everyone i am a newbie at this ask me anything about dogs, cats or reptiles i can help....chickens...I am lost but learning

 

[blurose]

Here's mine. At least two days a week I get 12 eggs from 13 hens. I've already discussed elsewhere what happens to the 13th hen's egg....she don't lay one. Sorry about the quality of the first pic, but the second one is much better. The basket pic is actually two days' gathering.

 

[BirdBoy88]

Mrs. AK-Bird-Brain :

Holy Moly, Mark!!! How many chickens do you have?!?

lol we had 40 hens but we killed 5 they were old so there for soup yum!

and we ordered 20 more hens cuz we sell dozens of eggs like hot cakes up to 17+ dozen a week now

 

[Wildsky]

An old pic - but I like it!

 

[Jenski]

Beautiful collection of eggs, Wildsky!

 

[Kesta]

i feel silly for asking this but how do you know if your chickens are squatting



try going to pet one of them.when you get close instead of running away like usual they may hold there ground hunch back there wings and squat this is the egg squat it means theyll be laying very soon

 

[geareduplyn]