Black sexlink pullet

[JacinLarkwell]

Silkie, polish, Ayam cemani....


I really don't think it's a great indicator that they'll lay soon. I have great layers and they just don't squat. Bit mine also don't let anyone, even roos, dominate all over them

 

[tripletfeb]

Do you know their breeds?

Two easter eggers(one squatted, one didnt) and three silver laced wyandottes( two squatted one didnt). I have two black sex link chicks now, only 4 weeks old though

 

[Chicken Chicken Love]

Silkie, polish, Ayam cemani....


I really don't think it's a great indicator that they'll lay soon. I have great layers and they just don't squat. Bit mine also don't let anyone, even roos, dominate all over them

That's my girl, she is high in the flock and is the boss of almost all the other chickens. she loves to boss all the other chickens around but is sweet to me [ not sweet enough to let me hold her though]. She is also always the first to go up to new things and the bravest.

 

[Chicken Chicken Love]

Thank you to everyone that responded! Im so excited for my first egg from her and it is so hard to wait!

 

[tripletfeb]

Getting that first egg is like Christmas morning as a child. Its so exciting!

 

[Chicken Chicken Love]

Getting that first egg is like Christmas morning as a child. Its so exciting!

So true!!!

 

[chrissynemetz]

Anybody else have a black sex link that never squatted?

I currently have two black sex link hens just over a year old. One squats, one doesn't. I think they do stuff like that to keep us guessing.

 

[rosemarythyme]

All of mine (mixed flock) reliably squat 10-14 days before first laying/resuming laying, but I test them constantly for it when I'm waiting for them to come back into lay.

 

[aart]

Don't think breed matters, it's all about the individual bird.
When I was chicken sitting long ago a BSL squatted when I tried to 'pet' her.
She might have been 'lonely' as the cock was locked in another coop.
Mine rarely squat for me, but I always have a cock in the flock.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

That could be it for mine. I've never not had a male with my females