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    what clues are there to know when a chicken is going to start laying eggs

    mazeltov!
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    problems laying

    haven't been able to find such a thread. I will continue to look
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    problems laying

    One of my girls - the one who was latest in maturing - has had several days of sitting in the nesting box without producing an egg. Is this common? Does it indicate a problem? She just started laying about 10 days ago, and has produced several eggs.
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    what clues are there to know when a chicken is going to start laying eggs

    Millie finally had her egg - about 25% larger than her second egg. I went out to find Josie sitting on it and took it out from under her with no protest on her part. She (Josie) is sitting quietly now, in the box, after all the loud noise of the past couple of hours. Maxine and Millie are...
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    what clues are there to know when a chicken is going to start laying eggs

    Well Millie has let Josie up into the house. All if quiet for the moment. Josie has the fake egg. Millie is sitting quietly. Is it common for hens to have so much trouble with the subsequent eggs? I feel like a midwife! LOL
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    what clues are there to know when a chicken is going to start laying eggs

    yeah - I have the alabaster egg. but Millie is dominating that.
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    what clues are there to know when a chicken is going to start laying eggs

    There is a great deal of drama this morning. Millie, the hen who has already laid 2 eggs, is dominating the nesting boxes and refusing to move. I suspect she is trying to produce her 3rd egg. Josie, a pullet who has yet to lay, is raising a ruckus. She's making a lot of noise (singing? -...
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    what clues are there to know when a chicken is going to start laying eggs

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    what clues are there to know when a chicken is going to start laying eggs

    mazeltov!
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    what clues are there to know when a chicken is going to start laying eggs

    So I went outside and Millie, the girl who laid the egg yesterday, was dominating the nesting boxes and wouldn't let anybody else up into the house. When I looked inside she scolded me and kept running up and down the ramp and squawking at me. So I put the alabaster egg back into the box and...
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    what clues are there to know when a chicken is going to start laying eggs

    You are communicating with a total luddite. It took me two days to figure out how to answer to a specific post. I don't know how to post photos or copy and paste something on the website. It's something I could figure out I suppose. Anyway - so the singing continues even when egg laying...
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    what clues are there to know when a chicken is going to start laying eggs

    What is POL??
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    what clues are there to know when a chicken is going to start laying eggs

    I have two other pullets from the same flock, same age. They are looking like they are getting ready. I have heard any egg songs, but I am hoping for some. I had the egg over easy - yum. The girls free range most of the day (and they have totally trashed my plantings). I put them in their...
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    what clues are there to know when a chicken is going to start laying eggs

    The scratching around was the final sign with my girl's first egg yesterday. She did it for about an hour and a half before the beautiful egg appeared. Good luck
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    what clues are there to know when a chicken is going to start laying eggs

    She is an Americauna.
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