Oh my goodness, I just realized we don’t have nest boxes! She was my first chicken and we weren’t expecting her to lay until spring, I hadn’t really thought about her laying honestly. She seems so young still
If she has to, will she lay in her coop shavings? (They are cleaned every day)
Yes, she will lay in them. I could tell when Phoenix was about to lay because one day she just kept wandering round looking in everything, never settling in one spot. She kept searching everywhere as if she had lost something. She was making that calling sound they make when they are wandering round. Then the next day she laid her first blue egg! And don't worry about not having nest boxes yet, we just used an old tyre and filled it with hay. Those photo's of Phoenix with the big comb, she is laying an egg in an open bag of sugar cane mulch! And my first Sussex chicken laid an egg in our old push chair which was in our shed (our chickens pretty much had the run of the placeOh my goodness, I just realized we don’t have nest boxes! She was my first chicken and we weren’t expecting her to lay until spring, I hadn’t really thought about her laying honestly. She seems so young still
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Ok cool! I'll observe her and post updates. I'll also make her a little nest in the shavings she can use if she wants.Yes, she will lay in them. I could tell when Phoenix was about to lay because one day she just kept wandering round looking in everything, never settling in one spot. She kept searching everywhere as if she had lost something. She was making that calling sound they make when they are wandering round. Then the next day she laid her first blue egg! And don't worry about not having nest boxes yet, we just used an old tyre and filled it with hay. Those photo's of Phoenix with the big comb, she is laying an egg in an open bag of sugar cane mulch! And my first Sussex chicken laid an egg in our old push chair which was in our shed (our chickens pretty much had the run of the place
Yes, it is always fun and exciting when you have a girl close to laying! It is also wonderful when they hatch their own babies! I can't wait until my young ones are bigger.Ok cool! I'll observe her and post updates. I'll also make her a little nest in the shavings she can use if she wants.
I can't believe she's close! She's gonna be a real hen
I know, I love them so much. She’s actually named after Flynn from Disney’s Tangled, when I first got her I thought she was a he. I still wasn’t positive as of today, hence this post lol.Love those big beautiful eyes!
She's like a disney princess,
That is such a lovely story about where her name came from!
Well there were a few reasons why the name fit!
Yes, definitely a great name for her! And she does do a pretty good smoulder!!! I actually just watched the movie about a week ago.Well there were a few reasons why the name fit!
1, she has a cross beak, and in the movies the wanted posters are always showing Flynn with funny nose shapes, plus it’s like she has eternal smoulder
2, when she was having trouble walking her legs would get ‘tangled’
3, movie Flynn has great hair, and chicken Flynn does too!
It fit well
