- Jan 3, 2011
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OK..so I have been lurking around this site for about 3 months. Hubby and I bought a farm in August, and as a housewarming present, he bought me a coop and ordered me four chickens. All is great in my world, right? That lasted about a month before a neighbors dog found my hen house and promptly killed 2 of my beautiful Rhode Island Reds. (so sad) The other 2 white leghorns..well they hid out in the coop until the crazy dog was chased away by a REALLY mad ME. The neighbor has promptly turned on her electric fence shortly thereafter and promised to replace the chickens in the spring.. We had a running joke. "why did those hens survive?"..."because they were two chicken"! sorry..humor got me through the tragedy, and lets face it-its kinda funny.
Anyway- I was assured these gals would be great layers. Time moved on and no eggs. sigh. they said maybe they were too traumatized and it would take longer. still- no eggs. the chickens were about 20 weeks old in December. I had given up. I was told they probably wouldn't lay until the spring when the light hours were longer. Yesterday I noticed that my ladies were very active and coming out of the coop often. ( a little unusual behavior for them-remember, they were too chicken..lol) I checked, and sure enough..they had lots of food and water. Today I go out to give them a little tomato and lettuce bits-low and behold.....2 eggs!!! I am so happy!!! I just had to share my experience, bad humor, and joy at the first egg. This is a great site, and I cannot wait until I figure out how to post pictures.
Just call me one happy new farm girl
Anyway- I was assured these gals would be great layers. Time moved on and no eggs. sigh. they said maybe they were too traumatized and it would take longer. still- no eggs. the chickens were about 20 weeks old in December. I had given up. I was told they probably wouldn't lay until the spring when the light hours were longer. Yesterday I noticed that my ladies were very active and coming out of the coop often. ( a little unusual behavior for them-remember, they were too chicken..lol) I checked, and sure enough..they had lots of food and water. Today I go out to give them a little tomato and lettuce bits-low and behold.....2 eggs!!! I am so happy!!! I just had to share my experience, bad humor, and joy at the first egg. This is a great site, and I cannot wait until I figure out how to post pictures.
Just call me one happy new farm girl
