- Jul 30, 2012
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I bought my three pullets from Tractor Supply and figured they were hatched about March 31st give or take a day. They were supposed to be RIR, but I think they are something else, but I don't care. I think they are the most beautiful hens ever. I was not expecting eggs until Labor Day, but whoopie! I went out to the hen house last week and found three eggs in a nesting box. I don't know how long they had been in there, so I scrambled them and gave them to the dog. I think just the one with the really red wattles is laying because I found her on the nest yesterday afternoon. She has laid me two more with a couple of days in between. Today, I had just clear slime in the box. Now another hen may be trying to lay her first egg or the first laying hen may be having some adjustment issues to her egg laying process. Nevertheless, I am so exited I shared my egg story with my friends who all think I have gone completely out of my mind with the whole chicken thing. My one friend says when she dies she wants to be reincarnated as a chicken and come live at the Chicken Ritz Coop in my backyard......