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    Who else is waiting the impossible wait?

    Quote: Every chicken is different, and my poor girls almost ended up at freezer camp. None of them laid before 30 weeks except the leghorn, who was 22 weeks and only laid for 6 weeks, then got eggbound and passed away in her nest. When we had our original girls, we had an RIR and wellie that...
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    Who else is waiting the impossible wait?

    I had a barred rock that was 35+ weeks old before she laid her first egg, so some chickens just take longer. It's like some kids hit puberty at 11 or 12, while others don't hit it until 13 or 14. They are all just as different as we are. It was REALLY frustrating, as she started laying about...
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    Who else is waiting the impossible wait?

    Congrats to all who are getting eggs! My 34-week-old barred rock is in the nesting box RIGHT NOW, has been in there about half an hour. She has not laid yet. She will be our third layer. We have three more, but they are much younger & will not lay until around March.
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    Who else is waiting the impossible wait?

    Hehehe welcome to my world! My first EE laid right at 30 weeks. Her eggs are really pretty so it was worth the wait! I have a barred rock that is between 32 and 34 weeks and just started squatting and just started getting a comb and wattles this week! I am hoping she lays by...
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    Who else is waiting the impossible wait?

    Quote: Nope, it's not just yours. My barred rock, Rhode Island red, and welsummer are all 24 weeks and haven't even started to develop their combs and wattles yet. My BR is starting to make what sounds like the egg song a lot, but she doesn't have ANY of the other characteristics of being...
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    Who else is waiting the impossible wait?

    I think I was the one who brought up using the fake eggs because that worked for us. My girls didn't like the golf balls and kicked them out onto the floor of the coop. I bought fake eggs, put them in the nesting boxes, and they arranged them the way THEY wanted them. The one I have that is...
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    Who else is waiting the impossible wait?

    Quote: My girls didn't like the golf balls. I went to the feed store and bought fake wooden eggs and put them in the nesting boxes. I only have 1 laying so far, (a leghorn named Felipa), and she has created a nest, moved the 2 fake eggs into 1 nest (I had 2 nests up there, but of course, she...
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    You know what's worse than waiting for that 1st pullet to lay her 1st egg?? Answer: Waiting to see who's gonna be next and how long THAT'S gonna take! LOL! Our Felipa has been laying for 7 days, and we have had 5 edible eggs and 2 egg poops (shelless/soft-shelled eggs in the coop--that's...
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    Who else is waiting the impossible wait?

    Oooh, you have a minorca??? I want one of those!!!! I saw one at the state fair, a big gorgeous roo. I took his picture & he's now the wallpaper in my cell phone! Those are gorgeous birds.... are they good layers?
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    Who else is waiting the impossible wait?

    My leghorn started laying Monday at the ripe old age of 21+ weeks. That's kinda old for a leghorn to start laying, but I think this year's funky weather has caused a LOT of chickens starting later than normal. I am told that leghorns will lay eggs through the winter if you keep their coop...
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    Who else is waiting the impossible wait?

    Here ya go, Felipa's (and our!) first real egg: See? It'll happen, it'll happen. Apparently, my birds are not duds after all.
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    Who else is waiting the impossible wait?

    Hang in there, Lindsey! I am sorry to hear you're having to wait so long, but I think this has been a funny year for first-time layers because the summer was so unusual in every part of the country. Places where the heat is usually moderate, it was unbearable this year. Out here where it's...
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    Well, the leghorn gave us 2 egg poops day before yesterday, and now we're back to nuttin'. She's squawkin' and squattin' like she wants to lay another one, but nothing so far. It's been 2 days. Was hoping she woulda popped one out with a shell on it yesterday. I swear, this is the first...
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    Who else is waiting the impossible wait?

    Quote: Did you get 2 more this morning?? I am so happy for you! Bawk bawk bawk b-gaawwwk! We still don't have anything yet today, but Felipa's squatting again. Is that something she will continue doing from now on? If so, I like it. She's friendlier. In fact, she's been all-around...
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    All chickens have a vent. The fancy word for it is "cloaca". Mating (both sexes), defecation, and urination all occur through the same opening. Sorry. You still may have all girls, though... time will tell. How old are they? I hope they turn out to be all girls, if that is what you...
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    I put out oyster shell just this last week & everybody eats it EXCEPT Felipa (the leghorn that laid the shelless eggs this morning). I just refilled their feeder yesterday with grower food but am going to dump it out and switch them to layer food this morning before I start work. Such an...
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    My wait is over.... kinda sorta! She laid 2 eggs this morning, but neither of them really had a shell. One was on top of the nesting boxes, and the other one was on the floor of the coop. The one on top of the nesting boxes had a soft, paper-like shell which apparently broke immediately...
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    Who else is waiting the impossible wait?

    Adora, you and I are on the watchful-waiting mode together! I am fairly certain I'll have one in a day or so, though. The leghorn is just itchin' to drop one out. She's been squawking so loud for so many days now, I fear it'll be emu-sized when she's finally able to let it out! Morgan7782 is...
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    We keep making noise about moving back to Louisiana. Being a California girl, the back-to-back slap we got with Katrina and then Rita was plenty enough for me, thank you very much. Still, it's beautiful there & would be a great place to raise chooks! We are *very* hopeful to have an egg in...
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    Who else is waiting the impossible wait?

    That is one gorgeous egg! Do your birds get to free-range? I hope so! Lots of bugs in Louisiana for the girls to eat. Sometimes we think about moving back down there and then I think about.... dem bugs. That's probably the biggest thing holding me back from moving out there.
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