I will post a pic when I get home.
I got my first perfect brown egg from my chicks that were hatched 4/23. If I had to guess it would be a Golden Comet or PR that laid it! I don't think Sp. Sussex lay this quickly.
Also, they laid it on the floor of the coop under where the bottom rung of the roost is (where no hen sleeps...good 6" of shavings there). They have three nest boxes that I put a couple of golf balls in. They have been there for 2 weeks (wanted them to get used to it). Is it normal for them to not use a nest box?
I'm hoping that as the days go on they'll catch up. Should I have moved the actual egg into the nest box? I didn't want to waste it!
I got my first perfect brown egg from my chicks that were hatched 4/23. If I had to guess it would be a Golden Comet or PR that laid it! I don't think Sp. Sussex lay this quickly.
Also, they laid it on the floor of the coop under where the bottom rung of the roost is (where no hen sleeps...good 6" of shavings there). They have three nest boxes that I put a couple of golf balls in. They have been there for 2 weeks (wanted them to get used to it). Is it normal for them to not use a nest box?
I'm hoping that as the days go on they'll catch up. Should I have moved the actual egg into the nest box? I didn't want to waste it!
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