My only squatter who is the ONLY one who is laying eggs(started at 25 weeks) is also a loner. She tends to go off on her own or when I am in the yard she follows me everywhere and she chats up a storm.
Nice Australorps.
I see your cat stalking them in the backround.
Squatting is when you put your hand over them and then they squat. If they do do a squat you'll know it for sure. Out of my five the only one that squats is the one that is laying eggs. Still waiting for the others to start to...
...for my one hen. I have five chickens, 4 Dominiques and 1 Black Australorp. They are all 29 weeks today.( They were all hatched on June 29th). On December 24, 1 of my Dominiques layed her first egg. She was the last one I thought to lay first as her wattles and combs were not as big or red...