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    Hello from Harare

    Welcome sister! 😁
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    Broody Breaker works!

    Thanks for the advice - I will do!
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    Broody Breaker works!

    A couple of weeks ago one of my girls - Cagney - started to confine herself to the nesting box, and after doing some homework I realised that she had gone broody. We don't have a cockerel in the flock, but she was determined to incubate all the eggs (I have 7 hens in total and Cagney was...
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    When will my girls start laying?

    We got an unbroken egg today! Perhaps she was just working out what to do and where to do it :). Now to wait for the other four to catch on...
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    When will my girls start laying?

    Update: I just found a second egg...also broken. This time it was not in the nest box and I can't tell if it fell off a ledge or was pecked. The shell does seem a little thinner than the commercial shells.
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    When will my girls start laying?

    Thanks TooCheep She laid in the nest box so I don't think it's to do with location. I'm watching closely for the next one - hopefully it won't be broken but if it is I can try to get to the bottom of it!
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    When will my girls start laying?

    One of my girls laid her first egg yesterday! She started squatting when I stroked her about a week ago. Unfortunately she also broke the egg, but at least we're turning a corner. She is 30 weeks and 3 days old. Nothing from the other 4 yet, although one of the others is also squatting.
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    When will my girls start laying?

    One of my hens has started to squat when I stroke her on the back, so maybe things are changing!
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    When will my girls start laying?

    Thanks for the detailed reply Ridgerunner! I hadn't even thought of manipulating day length using lights. My hens are in quite an open coop and so it might be tricky to give the illusion of daylight, but I'll give it some thought.
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    When will my girls start laying?

    Thanks TooCheep - I haven't seen any squatting behavior at all so I guess we're a few weeks out
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    When will my girls start laying?

    Thanks for this info. It gives me hope! Based on the size of their wattles, do they look like they're 29 weeks? I am wondering if the breeder got the date of birth wrong... I really hope we don't have to wait another 8 weeks but I guess it is what it is!
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    When will my girls start laying?

    Thank you!
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    When will my girls start laying?

    I have five 29-week old Black Australorp hens and still no sign of an egg from any of them! They have been on layers pellets since 23 weeks and appear happy and healthy. I am starting to wonder if the breeder wasn't honest about heir date of birth, but I don't know how to age them. Here is a...
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