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Quote: Lol sounds a little bit right for this time of the year. At least I caught my egg eater.

Quote: YAY!!!!!

Quote: Congratulations. I love this thread. If only I could keep my neighbor out of my chicken house now.

Quote: Wow that is pretty late for a barred rock hen.

Quote: That's great, you will have them fresh pullet eggs in no time.

Really not here to brag but more like encourage, got 9 eggs today. Most from our new flock of girls.

Quote: How funny, the irony of it is that the bird I used to threaten first with the fryer was a WL hen that someone sold to me. She laid HUGE eggs but not daily. She was up there in age. It seemed every time i would give her a threat, I would get an egg the next day.

Quote: Still in the norm. Threaten to fry them, worked for me but I did it at 25 weeks. Are their combs reddening? Usually a good sign they will be soon. 3 of the girls are getting larger & redder. I think Frenchie may be a Production Red or NHR, because her's seems alot smaller. It's not a...

Quote: I use hay in our boxes and half the time they eat it while they are waiting on laying the egg.

Quote: Still in the norm. Threaten to fry them, worked for me but I did it at 25 weeks. Are their combs reddening? Usually a good sign they will be soon.

Quote: Congrats, I absolutely loved our first colored egg a few years ago.

Yup definitely a cockerel. Try giving treats like popcorn. My girls eat it out of my hands. Makes hem easier to pick up and most of em are quite used to me.

Lol my leghorns were kinda mean too. But they were probably the last of the birds I had at that time to lay. Once they got going, they were the best layers. Do you have a picture of the suspected cockerel? If so we can probably tell you for sure if it is.

Hang in there you will get eggs soon enough. Probably a lot of them!!!!!!

How old are they? Have heard it isn't uncommon for the back sex links to start laying at 18 weeks. I think if anyone had some that may have been borderline that they may have been hindered because of the impending autumn.

Are they getting 14 hours of light a day? Not always a necessity but I do make sure mine get that light on a timer so that I get my eggs year round.

Quote: see its the wait after you are ready that gets you. I was ready for some time now and almost gave up. Threatened to get out the chicken fryer equipment and the next day an egg.

Haven't posted here but been following this thread for awhile. Mine just started three days ago. Two of them are laying out of 19. One I know for sure is a barred rock and the other I know for sure is one of the hatchlings. They have both laid two eggs a price now and it took at least 25 weeks...