April 2017 chicks, who will lay first contest...

[Blue Ridge Farm]

I got 10 chicks in April, 3 RI Red, 2 Australorp, 3 NH and 2 Black Asian. A hawk got 1 Black Asian in June. All 9 turned out to be pullets. They just turned 16 weeks old. I just got my first egg yesterday!

 

[tk10]

I've got 3 that are really close, but no eggs yet. The goose kinda nipped at one who then squatted for him. I had to go get him off her. He was so confused why she didn't just get out of his territory! It's like she got stuck in the squat.

 

[sfgwife]

Yay another noob laid today! That super bitchy red sex link.... she was in the box when i went out to feed this mornin. Woohoo! Now it seems so quiet down there. Lol! She has been fussin for bout five days now. Finally! Some peace! . So now we got 4/16.

 

[AlleysChicks]

Yay another noob laid today! That super bitchy red sex link.... she was in the box when i went out to feed this mornin. Woohoo! Now it seems so quiet down there. Lol! She has been fussin for bout five days now. Finally! Some peace! . So now we got 4/16.

Yay! Hopefully the others follow suit soon. I still have 3 freeloaders. Is there a good way to bribe them?

 

[sfgwife]

Yay! Hopefully the others follow suit soon. I still have 3 freeloaders. Is there a good way to bribe them?

Haha heck if i know! Alls i do know is it is so nice n quiet in the run right now and it is awesome! Lol! She was at a constant bitchiness and doin it loud and proud all.day.long. The leghorns were quiet then one day a nugget followed a week later by two (one old and one new) white nuggets. Then the austrolorpe was bitchy only for a few days and then quiet After the boobie prize nugget so i figure the first brown layer was her. Then this one started and now all is quiet again. I have no hope for anytime soon with the brahma and the three partridge rocks though. Their combs and wattles are gettin a tad bigger and more red but they are all big birds... so mosy likely they will be a long time in comin for egglets.

 

[PirateGirl]

What breeds do you have?

I have a Delaware, 2 Wyandottes, an Ameraucana, and a random mixed breed.

I think possibly that living in a cold environment slows things down a bit, and now the days are getting shorter again and we are getting below freezing at night again, which probably doesn't help, but they are my first chickens so I don't really know.

My friend go her first eggs last week and my neighbor got his first duck eggs today.

Lola my SLW is definitely close.

 

[featherhead007]

Lets talk insanity just for a moment.
I built a two story 160 sq. ft coop with 6 nesting boxes. Air conditioning, and heating, comfort fans, auto feeder and waterer. Only 7 laying hens, and they prefer to fight over 1 nesting box leaving the other 5 boxes completely empty! I even bought 2 acres of land, fenced in so my pets could free range. And they still squawk in defiance! Yes they are pampered pets born with a silver spoon in their beaks!

 

[BantyChooks]

Lets talk insanity just for a moment.
I built a two story 160 sq. ft coop with 6 nesting boxes. Air conditioning, and heating, comfort fans, auto feeder and waterer. Only 7 laying hens, and they prefer to fight over 1 nesting box leaving the other 5 boxes completely empty! I even bought 2 acres of land, fenced in so my pets could free range. And they still squawk in defiance! Yes they are pampered pets born with a silver spoon in their beaks!

Air conditioning? May I please be a chicken at your place?

 

[featherhead007]

Air conditioning? May I please be a chicken at your place?

Sure,! There is plenty of room in the coop!

 

[BantyChooks]

Sure,! There is plenty of room in the coop!

I'll say. Best not show my ladies, they might revolt and pack their bags for CA.

Actually, I think they'd move down there just for the beautiful winters (no -40 weather!) but I'm carefully not telling them what life could be like if they flew the coop.