Who else is waiting for that first egg?

[Tasha1981]

Just went to the store to grocery shop. I gave in and bought my girls a head of cabbage. I told them no more cabbage until I see at least one egg.
What can I say, I'm a softie and they love cabbage. They turn 19 weeks tomorrow.

 

[chickmomma03]

Quote: Most of mine aren't laying yet and they're 5mos 1 week and then 4mos. Only 2 of my 5mos are and 1 laid a soft, still have 3 in the older batch who need to get to work. I talk to them every morning about it lol. On the bright side I have collected over a dozen eggs in the past couple weeks.

 

[Tasha1981]

Just one egg is all I need. 16 girls, but 1 egg will let me know I'm doing everything right.

 

[chickmomma03]

Quote: I know what you mean, waiting is hard. It will happen soon enough, and before you know it you'll have more eggs than you know what to do with.

 

[4mountainchicks]

I know it's so hard to wait. I got my first eggs at exactly 22 weeks from my Easter Eggers, was totally thrilled!, but my 2 Wyandottes are total slackers. 26 weeks and nada. I was so thrilled but now it seems like the waiting game has started over again!

 

[chickmomma03]

Quote: It's even worse when they're doing the egg song multiple times a day with no results, such a tease! I don't rush out to check, I just wait until my times I go out to check food, water, or when I have to make sure the littles are getting enough food since a few of the bigs are still a bit buttheads toward them lol (I have 2 separate feeders/waterers, but the bigs don't care, they want both)

 

[2karen22]

Waiting for an egg but....
My Sadie Hawk is mounting my RIR. My husband said she(he) got real nasty (pecking her head) and even crowed this afternoon. My husband is a city slicker (NY) so.... Could she be a he? Trans-tender chicken?

 

[chickmomma03]

Quote: I could be wrong, but that looks like a cockerel.

 

[junebuggena]

Waiting for an egg but....
My Sadie Hawk is mounting my RIR. My husband said she(he) got real nasty (pecking her head) and even crowed this afternoon. My husband is a city slicker (NY) so.... Could she be a he? Trans-tender chicken?

Sadie is a cockerel. Brahmas can be very, very slow to mature. Frequently, the cockerels don't look like cockerels until well after 16 weeks old.

 

[Chicken Strut]

I feel a bit like someone who has just learned she is pregnant posting to an infertility forum. BUT. 1 day short of 21 weeks, my Dominque gave me a tiny but perfect pale brown egg this afternoon. No egg song but she's been squatting for the better part of a month. It only weighed 33 grams (less than 1.2 oz.) but it was delicious! She carefully deposited it next to one of the wooden eggs I had placed in the nesting boxes. I'm including a picture of her today to give others an idea of what a Dom who's ready to lay might look like. Yay!