My hens are about to laying for the first time. In prep for this I place a regular store bough egg in their nesting boxes. I was told this will let them know where to lay egg instead of randomly in the yard. 3 times today I went out to the coop and found the lower nesting box decoy egg moved...
I have 7 Hens (1 cuckoo Maran, 1 Australorp, 1 Easter Eggs, 1 White Rock, 1 Orington Buff, 2 Barred Rocks) and a couple ( the cuckoo maran and another one) are starting to lay eggs. They are all around 20 weeks old. They are starting to get their comb and have a bright pink or red face...