They only free range when supervised. We live in the city so that is the only way we can do it. A couple of them have combs that are more developed than this girl and still no eggs from them. Guess I will have to be patient! ;)
I have 5 Black Sex-Link hens. They were 6 months old this past Saturday. One of them has been laying regularly for about 3 and a half weeks. She is the ONLY ONE laying! All of them have nice, red combs. They are all very healthy. I recently checked all of their vents to make sure there...
We got our FIRST egg today! I am so excited! I have raised these girls from babies and now to see them start laying is so rewarding! We have 5 Black Sex-Link hens that were born around the 3rd of February. Here is a pic!
It has been in the upper 80s to low 90s. I put a frozen gallon jug of water in there in the run so they can "snuggle" next to it but so far they act like it is some alien being. LOL! Only one has a really red comb, the others are coming along. They don't have anywhere to hide the eggs. I put...
we have 5 Black sex-link hens that are 21 weeks. We haven't seen any eggs yet. Can anyone tell me when we might expect them? I have read so many different things, it is confusing. I can't wait! :)
I have a question. I am new to raising hens and have done a lot of reading on here. My questions may seem silly. We have 5 Black Sex-Link hens that are 19 weeks. We are looking for eggs everyday as I think this should be around the time they start. My questions is, can we eat the first eggs...