Fanny's Mom :
Don't be too hard on them. I had some hens once that weren't producing any eggs. At least that's what I thought. Until I went in the coop one day and found a chicken snake with three lumps in its body! Had to apologize to the girls.
I had a rat that was waiting for the girls...
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That's because they see a supply of free eggs coming their way. Tell them they'll be $2.50/doz and they'll quit asking. I know this for a FACT. I swear I'd rather break the eggs against a tree in the woods than to give them to folks who bugged me for months before my girls matured...
Still waiting for my 8 1/2 month old DIVA to lay...
Seriously, she struts around like the Queen of the World lol. Almost never walks quickly. Always a stately, slow pace:
Yes, Sugar, you're very pretty. NOW GIVE ME AN EGG!
Her comb and wattles are redder now than in this pic, so maybe...