I have 1 Wyandotte DOB Mid April 2011, 1 Delaware, 3 White Leghorns, 2 BR, 4 RIR Hens all born End of May 2011. My birds and Guinea's have been making excessive noise ALL day and almost sounded like the egg song just a little while ago. So I went to check and didnt find an egg. Now none have laid yet, or done the squatting thing, so I grabbed a LH and felt between her legs and vent, it felt hard and round like an egg. So I grabbed another LH and did the same, it was just squishy, checked some RIR, and BR nothing, finally captured GLW and felt same area she was also round and hard. Am I feeling an egg? The GLW is the oldest but 2nd lowest in pecking order, don't know if that matters with the squatting thing or not. Anyway sorry for the newbie question but I am a newbie.
You're probably feeling her first egg. She'll probably lay it for you either in a few hours or tomorrow morning. So by my calculations they'd be about 20 weeks old now, that's egg laying age. Don't worry! I'f she starts looking sickly and fluffed up, then worry! One of my hens squatted before she first laid, the other didn't till she was a year old. She's probably making so much noise because she needs to lay but doesn't know whats happening because it's her first egg. Her being noisey is making the other get excited and loud etc.
