thank you all for your feedback.... i will check for face reddening, and wattles color changes....as well as eat fried chicken in front of them! wife has suggested placing crock pot outside of coop as warning.
My Hens Hatched on March 18. 4 Of Them. No Eggs Still. No Sign Of Broken shells. Adequate Food And Water And Shelter. They Are Not Roosters.
Is It Time To Give Up? There Are Two Breed - 2 HeNs Are Amercuanas And 2 Are Delawares.
(Sorry About TheCapital Letters....It's This Dang Phone!)
I Don't Know About This Egg Song... But In Two MorE Weeks It'll Be 6 Months... And If Those Hens Don't LaY At Least 1 Egg Between The 4 Of TheM, I'm Gonna Start Singing Them The Crock Pot Song.
i think this is partially my fault for not having shut the door until well past nightfall (8:45) a couple of nights sometimes, back when i had the old manual door... probably conditioned the braver ones to get away with sneaking in a little later.
Same here. I got my chicks mid-March. I guesses I'm resigned to wait till end of August/ early September. I still check the drop box of the nesting areas though. And just like your hens....there doesn't seen to be any interest in the nesting boxes at all. Figure this is normal at this stage of...
stillI wish it would be that easy....unfortunately I have a slight overhang where the sliding door would get stuck....so i have to build the door out about an inch to bring it flush. OR stick the ADOR on the inside of the opening.... but i didn't buy the detector for that kind of install. So...