Day 1 egg in box number 5
Day 2 egg in box number 4
Day 3 egg in box number 1
Day 4 egg in box number 5
Day 5 egg in box number 4
Day 6 egg in box number 1
Do i have one bird laying who can't get comfortable or three birds laying every third day in the same box that they've claimed
Five birds...
Found this yeaterday afternoon. Exactly 21 weeks to the day
This afternoon i found another. Both were on the floor of the coop at base of nesting boxes. Next challenge is getting them to lay in there. Golf balls are already in place.
Hoping the next four girls start following this one layer
My daughter got her first egg yesterday. Of course she was disappointed when she went out today and found none. I know that a chicken wont likely lay every day and after the first egg it can take several days before another.
Is it likely that the other girls will start to lay any day now as...
I got my first egg today!! I can't believe how excited I was. I didn't even have nest boxes ready yet. I've lined the boxes and put the egg and some golf balls in them to encourage the others. Any other advice??
Your posts have gotten me and my two year old daughter through incubation hatching and raising our 13 chickens which are now 16 weeks old. Thanks to all.
My 2 year old daughter became obsessed with chickens on our neighbors farm. So he gave us eggs and an incubator and now I have 13 buff orp/ black australorp crosses. 8 are males and vary in color from black to red to white splash. All have brilliant green and blue irridescent sp feathers...