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I was told by several people on this site not to give them layers until they start laying. I was told the rule of thumb was, starter to get them started and layers when they start laying.

Thats how I felt. My 8 year old granddaughter has been helping me raise these 6 baby chicks and has been patently waiting for the eggs just like me and one day she went in the coop and yelled out"Grandma there is a egg in the nesting box and it's real and I am not kidding" I literally screamed...

O Ok boy there is a lot to learn and I want to do it right thanks so much

Thanks, I just started the oyster grit just in case, the lady at the feed store told me only to give it to the in the winter because they cant get to grit like things with snow on the ground but someone else told me it helps build better and harder eggs so I went with that and they have had it...

O god I hope not LOL I have given them garlic water since they were born and put rosemary in their nesting boxes, I clean the coop every day, and they have a dusting bath area outside and in. That had crossed my mind, like is there some thing in their nesting boxes that they do not like? i...

Thanks that makes me feel a little better I thought maybe they were lacking some thing in their diet. My 6 chicks have only been laying for about a month they are 26 weeks old.

1 of my chicks started laying at 20 weeks, the next day I got 2 eggs the next 3 days I only got 3 then by the time my first chick started laying it took 7 days to get 6 out of 6 chicks. It was very exciting to see my first egg after what seemed like a year from the time I got them.

I would have posted a picture but after reviewing it you can not tell what it is. Every other day it seems like I only get 5 eggs, yesterday I wrote in saying I got 7 after looking very thoroughly through my coop, when ever I only see five eggs having 6 chicks. Well when I went out after work...

They all seemed to have a hard shell there was one that was not to big and then there was one that was huge.

I have a few days where I only get 5 but never seven,I wondered if that was possable to lay 2 in one day. Thanks

I was thinking that but one day i found an egg in a weird place so I am very careful and look every wheres when i am missing an egg, not only that the places i did find the 7 eggs where all in plain sight. It is a mystery but I'll take the extra egg. Thanks for your input.

So when I got home from work I went out to collect eggs I have 6 chicks and I found 7 eggs I put the chicks away at 9:30 last night and check the coop thoroughly as I do every time I go in the coop yesterday I only had 5 eggs at 9:30 last night I had no eggs and today I have seven how does that...

OK Thanks good to know.

OK Thanks so much

I have rhode Island Reds