My silkies are about 14 wks old. I am hoping for all pullets. I know its hard to tell with silkies, but they all look like girls to me. I hope the pics are good enough. It is hard to get them standing still.
My chickens have never displayed this behavior. Something is definitley wrong. You might have a predator. I have two ages of chickens, 1.5yrs and 22wks. They all sleep in their nesting boxes. I hope you figure it out soon.
I have 8 that are 20 weeks and I have 3 that are a year and a half. Out of those 3 only root beer, my RIR is laying and only every other day. The other 2 are broody off and on and they are terrible layers. Morgana is a Partridge Cochin Bantam. Cute little thing, but very opinionated. She has...
No egg for me either I did go to my local grange and buy two fake eggs. I filled them with sand and put them in the nesting boxes. Hopefully that will trigger some egg laying. Here is a pic I took of a few of the girls tonight.
Here is a picture of one of my girls. I hope I get an egg on Wednesday too! She is 20 weeks old and I have 7 more the same age. I can't wait for them to start laying!!
How old are your hens? How do you nest box train? I have 8 pullets and they are almost 20 weeks old. They are let out in the morning and locked in their coop at night. I can tell they are really close to laying. Should I leave them in the coop until they start laying? Do you let them out after a...
I have eight 5 month old pullets. The are let out in the morning to free range and all go back to their coop at night and I lock them in. My question is, when they start laying will they lay in their coop? I leave it open all day, but they spend most of the day out and about.
I know they are...