We got our first egg yesterday from Gail, one of two red sex-links. She laid it by the pop-door. Dear hubby found her in the act today and she was actually in the community nest box. She's 18 weeks old. Now I just need to fend off the 5-year-old who insists on eating all the eggs before the...
I think instinct will kick in soon. My sex-links started roosting on a tree branch when they were 12-13 weeks old but my leghorns have been roosting on a dowel in their dog crate since they were 10 weeks or so. Now the coop is finished and they've been all thrown together with roosts that are...