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No, my chickens are kept in a run. It's a huge run, but I can't allow them to free range over here. My neighbors are really *$&$^#&#. They actually tried to report me to animal control for the noise, but our parish has no ordinances against having chickens, but the AC did give me a...
MY impossible wait is OVA!!
Ta-Da!!
Found it today at 4:30, just 5 minutes after I heard the egg song. It was still warm, in the nest that I never thought they even LOOKED AT! If someone was around, they would've thought I was crazy..I was so excited!
:weee
I don't know who laid it...
MY impossible wait is OVA!!
Ta-Da!!
Found it today at 4:30, just 5 minutes after I heard the egg song. It was still warm, in the nest that I never thought they even LOOKED AT! If someone was around, they would've thought I was crazy..I was so excited!
:weee
I don't know who laid it...
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Well, a few of them (about 8) have really red faces.. None of them do the egg squat. The only song I get from the run is of all things, my Lakenvelder ROOSTER sings the bawk-bawk-bagock song! I'm beginning to wonder if the heat could be the culprit. It's starting to cool off. It's...
Tomorrow the girls turn 21 weeks. I'm starting to give up hope. Here's what I've got: 4 cochins, 3 polish, BO, Australorp, Lakenvelder, SS Hamburg, 2 Yokohamas, SP Phoenixes, White Rock, couple of Delawares, a few Golden Comets, Cherry Egger, 2 unidentified girls.
I know 21 weeks doesn't...
19 weeks and blood red faces also. I know I shouldn't have expected them to be already laying but I'm so excited that they're getting close! I heard the beginning of the "egg song" today but no squatting and they will not go near the nest boxes.
Got 15 hens (different breeds) that are all 21 weeks old, and NOTHING!!!
It's sooo hard waiting!
I just built them a nice semi-enclosed community nesting box but they havent gone in yet