Well, at long last, we got our Barred Rock chicks in July, DW got home this afternoon and found our first egg...... I have started adding a light in their henhouse to givesome more light in the morning, but only started that this week!! 4 hens and 1 egg so far.......... Hope it's catching to the other 3...
CONGRATS! Be sure to take a picture and post in the first egg thread! Oops! Just read what breed! Wonderful!! I have a 9 month old BR who is still holding out hehe
Nothing as magical as that first egg!! Now that they are laying, you might not need the light. The young pullets seems to lay right through the winter- now next winter, you'll need the light! Enjoy!
Congrats! Just a little FYI - It's been my experience (and from what I have read) that pullets coming into their first season of laying will lay when their bodies are ready, regardless of whether you add light or not. Sounds like your girls were ready. My pullets that were hatched in early June started laying about a month ago.
