Hey I want to join in on the fun!
This is "Big Guy" (we thought she was a he for the longest time). She hatched first week of April so that puts her at 16 weeks this week. She will slink down when I pet her, but her wings don't go out. She's been doing that for a few weeks, though.
This is Nervous Nelly. Nelly has ALWAYS been extremely talkative (which is why we named her Nervous Nelly) even as a nonstop peeping chick. She hatched first week of April also. She has started to slink down a little when I pet her, which is better than a few weeks ago when she would just run from me if I tried to touch her back.
This is Angel. She is the only one of my EE's that survived the fox attack back in June
. That killed me. But She's about a month younger than the above two, so I assume she won't be laying until October? No sign of red in her basically non-existent comb, either.
Plus I have 5 leghorns that are only about 8 weeks, so they have quite a while until I'm telling them they need to get laying. But the above three ladies I'm waiting on. Get thee to the nesting box! I was wondering if I played some egg songs for the older girls, will that get them in the mood? Could it create something like an audio dormitory effect?
