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

[GreenbrierChickens]

BOOOM!
7/7 plus a double yoker!!!!


Congrats!

Thanks Ester, Whitey, Fluffy, Roxanne, Goldie, Buffy and Teriaki!

Woot woot!

Gary

So second place after Buttercup flock of one

 

[GreenbrierChickens]

So I am going out of town for 4 days. So that is probably a guarantee that my girls will start laying, right?

But we shall see. Freeloaders and nesting box poopers continue for now. 3 days moving Kentucky out of her fav nesting box and blocking it off, just moved her to another box to poop in.

Also congrats Gary. Who's girls led him to a victory.

 

[GreenbrierChickens]

Here's a decent pic of got of my freeloading Goldie

 

[DrFeathers]

My partridge EEs were the first to lay of my group - have faith in Goldie - she will!

Here's a decent pic of got of my freeloading GoldieView attachment 1135613

 

[Top Rooster]

Has anyone won yet? I meant to enter last month but forgot and I just now found the thread again, I ahem to hens hatched sometime in April not sure on the exact day. A White Leghorn and a Rhode Island Red. I've gotten 1 egg from my RIR everyday for the past week and a half but still no eggs from the leghorn, she is squatting though.

 

[peckpeckpeck]

Try Ebay, I just took a look and saw many with hens. (But some old tableware can contain lead. I think it was outlawed in the 1970's.)
Flea malls are another option....I got a chicken cookie cutter at a flea mall...it says 3 French hens in it, so it's part of the 12 days song.View attachment 1135535
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Only 1/6 for me today.....

These are adorable!!!!
Must. Find.

 

[GreenbrierChickens]

whoever was looking for hen plates, google Warren Kimble. He made hen plates.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Collectible...898894?hash=item5412c11e0e:g:OMYAAOSw6EhUSpQc

 

[Li'lFlock]

Uh oh... I may have 3/3 girls laying now. My 2/3 have been consistently laying every day, the last 3 days, while I'm at work. This morning is the uh oh part. My third girl has shown no signs. But, I woke up to an egg under the roost this morning. The other two have been doing a great job of laying in the same spot and building a nest with the straw. The one I found this morning also had a very soft and slightly misshapen shell. One end of it was even softer and bubbly looking. I've been giving free choice oyster shell in a dish for a few weeks since before they were laying. The first dish they kept kicking over. Then I changed to one of those corner mounting metal dishes. Is it possible she doesn't know better and I need to get layer feed? I have been using all flock.

 

[jreardon1918]

At long last one of our seven has gotten off the pot. The shiny egg is a fake. We think Annie or Lucy our RIRs, are the likely non-slacker. All seven hatched on or about 4/24. The Easter Egger is close. The white plymouth rocks, BO and the Brahma, could still be a while.

 

[SueT]

Uh oh... I may have 3/3 girls laying now. My 2/3 have been consistently laying every day, the last 3 days, while I'm at work. This morning is the uh oh part. My third girl has shown no signs. But, I woke up to an egg under the roost this morning. The other two have been doing a great job of laying in the same spot and building a nest with the straw. The one I found this morning also had a very soft and slightly misshapen shell. One end of it was even softer and bubbly looking. I've been giving free choice oyster shell in a dish for a few weeks since before they were laying. The first dish they kept kicking over. Then I changed to one of those corner mounting metal dishes. Is it possible she doesn't know better and I need to get layer feed? I have been using all flock.

Don't worry about an occasional soft shell, especially at first. Also soft eggs often come out in locations other than the nest. It is probably fine.
I have been using an all flock feed for over a year with no egg issues. They will take oyster shell as they need it.