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Good I'm glad. I just want her to be healthy as I know she is still really young

Thanks guys! I'm probably just a little nervous since it's my first set of chickens and eggs. I did notice she started to do the song this morning

So I looked at her vent while I was roughing up her feathers, and I can see it contracting. I'm assuming this is a good sign Do I need to worry about her becoming egg bound? Do I need to physically check her vent? I just want to make sure she is safe. She is eating and running around like...

She has been my favorite. She's the less skittish (still doesn't like us lol) and to me she's a very very pretty looking bird. I'm hoping she will lay in the straw, I don't want to have to go under the coop into their dust bathing area to get an egg lol

Good, I've got plastic eggs lol. I've got 10 birds and the way j built my coop there's 4 nesting boxes. I'll go and throw 2-4 in each box and see what happens

Is there anything else I could use as fake eggs, besides gold balls?

i got the nesting boxes all finished up. I threw in about 4 inchs of straw in the 4 total nesting boxes. I got a 2 pack of ceramic eggs and placed one in each of the easier boxes to get to, because I figure they were more likely to go into them. Should i get two more for the other boxes or...

Alright, I'll run out to tractor supply and pick up some straw and fake eggs. Thanks for the help!

Awesome that's great news. I was hoping I could fill up the rest of the bucket with grass clippings and it would compost. I might lock her up once I find An egg. Someone told me I should put up curtains because they like to be alone when they lay eggs. Also to throw away the first egg...

Yeah I'm excited. She's very young, I was not expecting an egg for another 2-3 months lol

Is me wiggling my hand around going to make her mate faster? How many times a day dhould I do this? I guess I'll get her nesting box ready

Can someone move this to chicken behavior sub topic please

Ok thank you for the reply. We picked them up actually March 22, and they maybe be a week or two older than that. We thought that was way to young to lay an egg.

Could use some help. first time chicken owner, just need to make sure I get everything correct or if something is wrong with her.

Ok, I went out to her just now and petted her. She is squatting very low and letting me pet her, then she ruffles up her feathers and walks away. I did get some pictures, sorry if they are not the best. Her butt is usually on the ground. I did notice her comb is much more red and larger than...

Everytime I go to my chicken run, my "head hen" Makes this noise. It has been happening for about 2 weeks now. Is this a sign of her being dominate, or just asking for treats. Sometimes when I enter the run, she puffs her feathers all out. She does not charge or show any dominance (in my...