What a wonderful surprise we found this morning… After hearing what Brie and I could have sworn was the sound of a cockerel chick attempting his first crow, we went running over to Nellie’s cage to see if she was alright! We knew there were no roosters in the house, so could not figure out what...
I have 6 girls, one year old Americauna that lays one egg daily and 5 golden sex links that are 6 or 7 months old and the same size as my matriarch Americauna. None of the 5 links have laid an egg yet.. any tips on getting them to start?
Yesterday, while I had the misfortune of working away from home, one of my baby chicks layed an egg. :hit They grow up so fast, don’t they? I wasn’t quite expecting an egg at exactly 18 weeks. But lo and behold, last night when I got home I immediately went out to their house to do a quick head...
I went out to collect eggs before the hens went to bed as we were at the beach all day.
I found a small egg in the nesting box and assumed that either Rusty or Tiny(Snow White) had laid their first egg but wasn't sure. I can easily recognize Mouse's(Silkie mix) eggs so I know it wasn't hers.
I...
So, finally my Japanese quails (I ended up realizing that they weren't Chinese quails haha) have laid! This is the first egg that I've found and I'm super excited! Since it's the first one it probably isn't fertile tho, so it may end up in the frying pan tonight :)
hey all! It’s been a while since I posted. My girls are 17wks and the BR I thought was a roo is definitely a hen (happy dance). She has bright red comb and waddles, her comb is big enough that it flops over. She’s been doing the squat for about two weeks now.
Today she got in a nesting box...
Hello! First time chicken girl here so I’m not sure what is normal and what may need adjusted in my girls diet, if anything at all.
I have a mix of 15 girls that I’ve raised from chicks. They were born the end of February. I’ve been feeding them Kalmbach Organic Layer Pellets for a couple...
It was an egg-citing morning here :weewhen we found our first egg. We are pretty sure our blue Australorp laid it as our other Australorp has much narrower pelvic bones and smaller looking vent. It weighed in at 38g but was perfectly formed, lovely orange yolk and tasted DELICIOUS!!
She was...
Well, it finally happened. One of my little chickpeas became a hen today! So we are officially embarking on the next stage of chickening. They are all about 18 weeks but I suspect it was one of my Isa Browns. Yesterday I put up some new curtains made of an old sheet. I put up some nesting box...
Hi everyone, I'm new here & have a question. I have 6 Rhode Island Red hens that are 19 weeks old. I am waiting for my first egg. My free range hens return to their coop and are locked in every night. My question is will they go to the coop to lay or will I find eggs hidden outdoors ?
Thanks...
First Egg today! Pullets are 17 weeks and 3 days old.
Egg is brown, so it must be one of the following: Black Australorp, Silver Laced Wyandotte, Barred Plymouth Rock, Black Jersey Giant (but she's hardly red in comb), EE (but expecting pink/green and they are not very red in comb). We...
One of my hens this morning didn't rush out for food and water. She hung back inside the coop, and didn't come out right away. Then she went back inside a short time later. I was wondering if she might be getting ready to lay her first egg? She's squawking a little bit too.
Wow! We got our very first egg today and I was not expecting this for a while yet!! Are our 23 girls starting to lay? They were 4 months and 1 week old today, so is that very young or is the egg a fluke? The egg is smaller than normal but very pretty, clean and almost perfect!!
Of the 23...
Hiiii!!! I got a brilliant idea to do an “egg-a-long”. Kind of like a hatch-a-long but just waiting for who lays the first egg! No prize (except an egg!!) but thought it would be fun. I wanted to restrict it to November hatchlings. That way we’re all within a few weeks. Also, posting photos of...
Yesturday my first egg was layed by my pullet, Robin. We had been very excited for the first egg—Especially Robin or her sister, Becky to lay one— because, it’s the FIRST EGG! Who isn’t excited? But also, we wanted it to be Becky or Robin, because the egg would determine if they were Ameraucauna...
I’m so happy! My beautiful EE girl, Robin, layed her first egg! It was cracked and frozen when I found it, but who cares! It’s the first egg! I can’t wait for a non-frozen one that I can eat! :p
This is Robin
This is her egg!
Hello everyone! Here is our chicken history: we moved from NYC to the country last summer. We found a place with a small barn and decided that putting a horse in it like the last resident was a little too much for us to bite off, but chickens sounded just about right! We ordered 7 chickens...
I'm expecting 1 or 2 of my chickens to lay soon. I entered my pullets' birthdate in a calculator website or something, and it said they would lay around February 14th. One of my EEs, Robin, is now nicknamed, "Loud Mouth" because of how much she loves to 'talk', and it's like one of my Barred...
My red sex link chicken Kurt just layed her first egg ever! I'm so proud of her & my other chicken Dylan is kinda maturing slowly but she's next :) but I'm curious if the eggs are fine or if she's missing some nutrients or anything the egg is brown with white speckled everywhere it's small but I...