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Wow don't know if I want to keep a bird that doesn't give me anymore eggs than that. Hope she starts laying soon. I did see her in the nest today. No egg but sitting there so that's encouraging.

Sounds like my one girl is not as "overdue" as OLDHEN2345's are. However, yes I build a nice new huge couple of nests for her. I've found some really large poop in one a couple of times. Large enough that I'm thinking it's from her and not the leghorns. Do you think that could be a sign that...

Well thanks for the encouragement I think. She's still younger than yours. She has a bright red comb which is much smaller than the rooster's and her feathers on the neck are much wider than the rooster another sign of sex I was told. She's very gentle so I guess I'll just wait too. She has...

Wow I'm hearing ages all over the place for when to expect my SLW hen to start laying. I've always bought leghorn pullets before and never had a rooster because I live close to my neighbors. However a couple of other neighbors got roosters and I got a couple of SLW by mistake one which is no...

Thanks for your feedback. Will try to get the larger nests made. The preference for one particular nest has always been common with my chickens. Recently one used a different one so they all started using it. I often see 2 chickens in the nest together. I guess it's just a chicken kinda thing to do.

That is what I was afraid of. Time and money to build new ones, always something. How big are yours that the Wyandotte like about double 24x24x24? All of mine are the same size for leghorns with little doors for me to collect the eggs and all. As I said I got the Silver Lace chicken's by mistake...

So it sounds like she just needs a couple of more weeks. Do I need to make bigger nests for her?

I got a few Silver Lace Wyandotte by mistake. However I think I like them so I've kept a rooster and a hen. The hen is 24 weeks and has NOT started laying. I have her with a bunch of leghorns which is the breed I've always had before. I'm assuming she is not laying because I don't have any brown...