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Quote: Well, I'm thinking about putting a rooster pinup calendar in my henhouse. Maybe it'll encourage them to start laying... That would be using a calendar, right? Only works if you have Mexican chickens.

Quote: That brings up a point: for some things weeks are too fine a measurement. 2 months would be more accurate than 8 to 9 weeks, 3 months for 12 to 13 and 5 months would be better than 22 weeks. One thing about measurement is that it is only as accurate as half the unit each side so...

I think people do it because it makes it sound like their birds are older which gives them more reason to fret because they aren't laying. Last I looked, however, the chickens weren't using calendars--not even the 2010 BYC one. Whether you use weeks or months, it doesn't have anything to do...