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They seem to have it sorted now :) This is Mint just before she laid yesterday!

And... at 3pm here.....we have another egg laid in the nest box!!!! I am so pleased!!!

Thank you all for your suggestions - as I said, we did already have the fake eggs in there. anyhow, to cut a long story short, we were still having no luck, so on Saturday we made them a totally new nest box set out of an old bedside cabinet, the girls checked it out thoroughly, laid on the coop...

Our first egg was outside just sitting in the middle of the grass, the rest have just been randomly laid on the coop floor. They have been checking out the nest box for over a week, climbing in and out easily, but then just sit on top of it, never actually lay in it. These are my first ever...

My second pullets laid her first egg today!! Any tips on how to get them to lay in the nest box tho?? So far they have just been laid on the floor of the coop...? I have a fake egg in it so other than that...?? TIA

It is more of a creamy brown color.

Thanks!! And nope, it can only be from an Australorp as that is all I have! Got another one today too :)

Wow, thank you all for your kind words on my girls...... and in other news........

My Aussie A-lorps at 22-23wks .... still no eggs Hopefully soon ... ????? Thoughts??

Sorry, that was meant to be quoting Gramma Chick

Quote: Yes, the egg song is only done in the front yard ...? I'm new to chickens, have no idea what is normal and what is not. Oh boy.... I sure hope you are wrong about it looking roosterish - these are the same chickens as I put pics up of earlier and was told 3 of each, this one was...

we ate the 3 roosters, and the pullets are now 21weeks old...... when can I expect to start getting eggs?? they have been doing the eggs song for about 3 weeks but have yet to see an egg.....unless they are laying out somewhere about the yard whilst free ranging

Oh wow, that is great Mama doolittle

They are 11 weeks old....is the top one a slow boy or a fast girl???? I'm seeing 3 of each ATM..... thanks Ron, I am really hoping so... but why is she so much redder in the face?

The pullet I am hoping IS a pullet - much redder face than the other 2. The other 2 pullets and 1 of the roosters (I think) Sitting in the shade... "Yes???" One of the lighter faced pullets They are 11 weeks old....is the top one a slow boy or a fast...

Haha - I'm never up early enough to SEE who is doing the crowing, only happens @ 5am (yuck) when we hear someone else's crowing start up So - I am still unsure which of the 2?3? cockerels have got to that stage!! Also, one of my pullets (Please - she must be a pullet) face& crown have started...

Oh dear - we have crowing They are only 11 weeks old

Thanks so much for that info birdrain, I just checked the bag and it said 20% protein. Is this a too higher percentage for 10wk old birds? Thanks again

Thanks for your input, Birdrain92 I'm hoping you are right on 4 pullets.... Oh and I forgot to make clear - I am in Australia (dunno if that would make any difference to the tail shape?) We just got some fertile eggs which were guaranteed pure black Australorps, and hatched them in a bator for...

Hi there, I'm only up to page 165 reading this thread, but thought I might show you a pic of my small 10wk old backyard 'lorp flock. I'm pretty sure we hatched 3 girls and 3 boys - does everyone agree?? I was really hoping for at least 4 to be girls as we have 4 daughters, one each! We have...