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- Jan 26, 2023
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Yes. I did. I sat in the heat, inside my (their) chicken pen, on a wood log, while my Easter Egger, Joy; Rock Barred, Sweetie and Golden Laced Wyandotte, Sugar, were in the egg box stalls, respectively. This is how I finally found out exactly which egg came from what chicken. Well, somewhere here or there, I've read the advice that said because of the pecking order, really only 1 laying box is needed for around ten chickens. (No doubt this was probably the advice of a chicken dad!) So..... I thought I was doing well to have THREE laying boxes.
So tell me, ladies, have you ever been in a women's LONG bathroom line? Well I have. And apparently, this is what I witnessed yesterday! One of my Golden Sex Links, Leann was making a terrible racket, stretching her neck and honking, almost like a goose! It was obvious to me that she was honking at Sugar in the third stall of the laying box! The Wyandotte was taking WAY TOO LONG for Leann, who was waiting to lay her egg. As Sugar got out, I took her egg, while it was still warm, and I was surprised to see that there was another egg in the box. That other egg had to be from one of my other Golden Sex Links, as my other girls were busy working on their own eggs. Watching this and recording their shapes and colors was the only way that I could tell for sure which egg came from what chicken. At any rate, my girls are really starting to work now, and I'm now happy to note that my beautiful Golden Laced Wyandotte is finally laying eggs along with her sisters. They seem to be happy and all is well. The last picture shows my own little chart with the accurate eggs label with the correct hen's names.
So tell me, ladies, have you ever been in a women's LONG bathroom line? Well I have. And apparently, this is what I witnessed yesterday! One of my Golden Sex Links, Leann was making a terrible racket, stretching her neck and honking, almost like a goose! It was obvious to me that she was honking at Sugar in the third stall of the laying box! The Wyandotte was taking WAY TOO LONG for Leann, who was waiting to lay her egg. As Sugar got out, I took her egg, while it was still warm, and I was surprised to see that there was another egg in the box. That other egg had to be from one of my other Golden Sex Links, as my other girls were busy working on their own eggs. Watching this and recording their shapes and colors was the only way that I could tell for sure which egg came from what chicken. At any rate, my girls are really starting to work now, and I'm now happy to note that my beautiful Golden Laced Wyandotte is finally laying eggs along with her sisters. They seem to be happy and all is well. The last picture shows my own little chart with the accurate eggs label with the correct hen's names.