A contest for the duds!

[nminusyplusm]

I'm happy for you, I'm just a little bitter that I've been measuring the butt cheek gap on one hen for at least two months with my finger and I've got nothing but a sense of closeness and and a dirty finger out of the deal.

Hahaha! Here's to hoping you get to have clean fingers really soon!

 

[Mommygirl1128]

I'll join the dud contest. 3 girls, 2 RSL and 1 EE. Both RSL's are laying, 1st RSL laid on 8/26/17, the 2nd on 9/2. But my EE, Noodle, is 28 weeks, going on 29, and no egg. I race to the coop every day, 3-4 times, just waitin' for the blue egg. The EE's hatch mate (who's owned by a co-worker), she started laying 3 weeks ago. What the heck!

 

[Killer Tomato]

I have not attempted to do this yet, maybe after a bottle of wine...

For you, or the chicken, or both?

 

[PirateGirl]

For you, or the chicken, or both?

Both! Hahaha.

 

[Killer Tomato]

Five of my six are laying. I have a mixed group, but my RIR and BR girls are almost every day. My EE's are every other day.

Bebe', my 28 week old Black Copper Marans is taking her time. Nothing yet. She doesn't do the squat yet, though she is very *red* with beautiful wattles and comb.

I noticed that the other hens kind of shun her -- like high school senior cheerleaders would ignore the nerdy 7th grader who hadn't developed yet. I keep singing, "Girl, you'll be a woman, soon....." to her, but it's not helping.

 

[duluthralphie]

I had Maran's once..... 1 egg a week from 3 hens was the last straw for them. Albeit a pretty egg. 1/3 of an egg a week does not cut it here.

 

[room onthebroom]

I've got a SLW named "Emmy" who I consider a dud. It took her 9+mo's to lay her 1st egg & when she finally did, it was a soft shell. Every egg shes ever laid has been a soft shell & no amount of extra calcium changes it. Luckily she doesn't lay too often because those softies are a mess & encourage the cursed egg eating.

 

[room onthebroom]

I'm happy for you, I'm just a little bitter that I've been measuring the butt cheek gap on one hen for at least two months with my finger and I've got nothing but a sense of closeness and and a dirty finger out of the deal.

 

[BYCforlife]

I have 2 duds and 4 that are too young to be laying.... I'll enter!

 

[pennyJo1960]

still doing the hhmm looks pullet no cockerel may end at only 3 pullets for the darn Lavender ameracauna.. the cockerel that will look a nice as dad does actually crowed this morning I was so proud of him almost sounded good BF said he had been but he had not in front of me till today time to remove spurs dremel with a cutting head no blood