1st egg (18 weeks 5 days)

[keljonma]

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Most of our ladies lay brown eggs, but we do have some white egg layers too. They don't seem to care what color the other eggs or decoy eggs are. The decoy is just to get them thinking "this might be a good place to lay an egg because someone else has already used it."

 

[cmom]

My girls from the same hatch, and each developed differently. Some started laying at 17 weeks and the last to lay was at 27 weeks. They all have leg bands so I can keep track of them. Also I put a golf ball in each of the nest boxes. Some people put plastic eggs in. I have never had any of them lay out of the boxes. I painted the inside of my nest boxes a dark forest green. I think they like to lay in darker places. I put vents in the nest boxes too, to help with air flow. I live in Florida where the temperature is in the 90's everyday. Also I have their coop in shade under a huge oak tree and part of their run covered for shade.

 

[chick4chicks]

Congrats, I am happy for You. I found 4 eggs in my dogloo today, don't know who laid them.I know a chicken did LOL I just don't know which one did.I have 14 girls in there.