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My Golden Comets will be 15 weeks on wednesday and the BA's will be 12. Guess I got's some more waiting to do..... sigh.
 
Sorry for the whole story...
I have 42 different Chickens that include White Leghorns, RIR's, RSL's, BO's, BA's, BR's, EE's, BCM's, CW's, BM's (bad initials - Black Minorcas), and 7 Bantams. The oldest are the leghorns, at 15 weeks all the way down to 8 weeks for some breeds. I've been meaning to build their next boxes for the past couple of weeks. I finally got it built on Friday night and Saturday morning (8 nest boxes for all with a crate in another corner that they find interesting for some reason). I mounted it to the wall on Sunday morning and put in some pine shavings and a fake egg in all but two of the boxes. One of my leghorns has a crazy tall comb and bright red so I knew she was ready to start laying. As soon as I mounted the nest box to the wall, she got in and snooped around. After that, she walked over to me (totally unlike her - she is very flighty - like her leghorn sisters) and I reached out to pet her. She bowed down as if I was mating with her so I stroked her back kind of aggressively. Once she was "satisfied" she started what I thought was her "egg song" - ('ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-bacaaaaack"). She exited the coop out the door that I had open which is my access door (from the other side of the shed). She was going from one shelf to the next. I figured she was trying to lay so I took her off the shelf and carried her over to the nest box and set her in one of the slots. She walked around and fluffed up several until she found the right one. Within an hour, she laid us our first egg - albeit a little small. I am such a proud papa!!! She laid another one today - about 26 hours later - and a little bigger. it is funny because now she is the sweetest bird and lets me pet her whenever I want (I thinks she is wanting me to sex her up because she does a slight squat with her wings out slightly when I try to pet her - but if she lays for me by me doing it, then I will continue to pet her back for a few seconds to keep her interested).

My wife said, "you weren't this excited when our kids were born." to which I replied, "I had a lot less work in the production of our kids than I do these eggs." we both had a good laugh. I treat my chickens like gold and they are spoiled rotten but it is a labor of love for me.

BTW. She laid at 14 weeks, 6 days and I don't think any of the others will start for at least a few weeks - although she is gathering quite an audience when she lays. I guess the others are learning what to do.
 
My 12-13 wk old Barred Rock has laid 2 eggs in 3 days. Both around ping-pong sized, but the second was very deep brown. Seems young.
 
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phyllmud said:
Hi all! Do you mind if I join in?

I am Mom to 2 Barred Rocks, 1 Buff Orpington, 2 ISA Browns and 1 Black Australorpe all 14 weeks old. The BA is a roo. I also have 6 Rhode Island Reds that are 11 weeks.
2 dogs and 1 cat. By reading other posts about IB's it seems that I need to get my nesting boxes ready.

I am in SE Ohio, originally from the big city now in rural area and I love it. I am looking forward to getting to know you all in our chicken adventures.
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Welcome! I too am a big city girl converting to a suburb life with chickens. Loving every minute of it too!

14 weeks get your boxes ready for sure!
 
gilmoujr said:
Sorry for the whole story...
I have 42 different Chickens that include White Leghorns, RIR's, RSL's, BO's, BA's, BR's, EE's, BCM's, CW's, BM's (bad initials - Black Minorcas), and 7 Bantams. The oldest are the leghorns, at 15 weeks all the way down to 8 weeks for some breeds. I've been meaning to build their next boxes for the past couple of weeks. I finally got it built on Friday night and Saturday morning (8 nest boxes for all with a crate in another corner that they find interesting for some reason). I mounted it to the wall on Sunday morning and put in some pine shavings and a fake egg in all but two of the boxes. One of my leghorns has a crazy tall comb and bright red so I knew she was ready to start laying. As soon as I mounted the nest box to the wall, she got in and snooped around. After that, she walked over to me (totally unlike her - she is very flighty - like her leghorn sisters) and I reached out to pet her. She bowed down as if I was mating with her so I stroked her back kind of aggressively. Once she was "satisfied" she started what I thought was her "egg song" - ('ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-bacaaaaack"). She exited the coop out the door that I had open which is my access door (from the other side of the shed). She was going from one shelf to the next. I figured she was trying to lay so I took her off the shelf and carried her over to the nest box and set her in one of the slots. She walked around and fluffed up several until she found the right one. Within an hour, she laid us our first egg - albeit a little small. I am such a proud papa!!! She laid another one today - about 26 hours later - and a little bigger. it is funny because now she is the sweetest bird and lets me pet her whenever I want (I thinks she is wanting me to sex her up because she does a slight squat with her wings out slightly when I try to pet her - but if she lays for me by me doing it, then I will continue to pet her back for a few seconds to keep her interested).

My wife said, "you weren't this excited when our kids were born." to which I replied, "I had a lot less work in the production of our kids than I do these eggs." we both had a good laugh. I treat my chickens like gold and they are spoiled rotten but it is a labor of love for me.

BTW. She laid at 14 weeks, 6 days and I don't think any of the others will start for at least a few weeks - although she is gathering quite an audience when she lays. I guess the others are learning what to do.
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Very nice story. You got the nest box done just in time, eh? I wonder if you have any other eggs around the yard.

I like the kids born story also. Congrats on the first eggs!
 
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My daughters soooo excited to be getting eggs. She checks constantly. 3 chickens laying...about 40 to go. :)
 

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