congrats on your first egg, i had my first one 2 days ago and since that little one i have had a soft shell egg and another tiddler this morning just want my other hen to start laying now
lisa x
2.30 today my first egg arrived from mavis albeit it's very small but im so pleased i can't stop smiling lol.... she laid it right next to the rubber egg i placed in the nest box...... doris was stood watching her the whole time so i hope she was taking notes and will lay her first one real...
None of my hens have started laying yet although they are sqatting and one is singing in the afternoons lol.. and it was a morning poo she let it rip as soon as i let them out of the coop
lisa x
Hi I wasn't sure where to post this question so i apologise if its in the wrong place. Ok i was just wondering if it's normal for chickens to do huge poo's? sounds an odd question i know but there poo has been pretty much the same since i had them and then this morning one of my chickens done a...
now i know that is a sign im gonna end up camping next to the coop lol.... never knew i would become so obsessed with the first egg .. thanks for your help
lisa x
Ok so my 2 girls are 21 weeks old now and the same as everyone else i am back and forth the coop, run and the whole of my garden anticipating my first egg...Iv spent alot of time in the garden today as im redoing my herb patch, whilst out there iv noticed them squatting alot and if i go over to...
Thanks guys for all your input... if they are Australorps are they good layers? and please tell me they are both pullets and i dont have a roo... otherwise i will cry lol
lisa x
Il be happy with them if they produce me some good eggs just playing the waiting game with them now and i check the nest box every day even though i know it will probably be a few weeks until i start getting any eggs from them... thanks again for the help
lisa x
Thanks for the reply.... Argh well I think the poultry farm must have known I was new to it all and told me a load of old cobblers which i took as the truth as i didn't know any better.... They both have the beetle green sheen to there feathers.... thanks again for helping me out and i look...
Hi im new to chickens, been lurking here for a while and reading up as much as i can.. well i took the plunge last week and went to collect 2 hens.... I was told they are around 19 weeks old and are black rocks... but from looking around i think that one of my hens is something different...