From egg to chick!

[SwampPrincessChick]

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Thank you! This is so helpful!

 

[SwampPrincessChick]

I suppose talking about my own chickens is fine here. I hope it is, anyways.

Hens will never cease to amuse me when they are teaching young cockerels manners. My California Gray hen, Fan-Tail, who is about five years old, slips through the fence of the yard she is supposed to stay in (I call it the "chicken yard" because that is where our original chickens stayed in, even though practically every yard we have has a chicken in it) and goes to the backyard instead because the grass is always greener on the other side (but seriously, it is in the backyard). Unfortunately, like every other female who has at least seen one cockerel in their lifetime, she has to put up with the hormonal antics of my Blue Cochin Bantam cockerel, Slate, who will never learn that no hen actually wants him. Now, you see, Fan-Tail has a strong grudge against males for whatever reason, and she will kick any male she sees in the face at random. Fan-Tail was once again in the backyard and she was eating feed out of a bucket I had put on the ground. Slate, seeing his opportunity to look even more stupid than he already does, went up to Fan-Tail and began wing-dancing at her. Fan-Tail immediately puffed up her feathers and stood tall over Slate, and then proceeded to attack him. She bowled him over with her feet and he ended up getting squished on the ground underneath her, and he rolled on her side and got up again. He stared at Fan-Tail for a second and then decided nothing happened, and that he wanted to dance at her again. Slate got attacked again, and after that, he danced again. And he got attacked again. But this time, Fan-Tail had enough and would not stop continually grabbing his neck and pecking him until Slate bolted off for a few steps. He looked back at Fan-Tail, both of them with their feathers puffed up. They made angry noises at each other, and then Slate decided that, this time, he was going to pay attention to his own pullets instead.

 

[fluffycrow]

@ElfenLied89 what's the daily update on the relationship progression? Did anything exciting happen ?

 

[ElfenLied89]

@ElfenLied89 what's the daily update on the relationship progression? Did anything exciting happen ?

Nope. Pretty boring today. They didn't wanna come outside. They stayed in their run today. They did get a good mixed greens treat today. Still only one of the elder sisters laying. Shouldn't the others have started? Olivia did. They are 22 weeks this week. Are they just being slow? 2 eggs a day or every other day would go a long way. It's taken me 2 weeks to collect 13 (she is doing great!) Lol.

 

[ElfenLied89]

I suppose talking about my own chickens is fine here. I hope it is, anyways.

Hens will never cease to amuse me when they are teaching young cockerels manners. My California Gray hen, Fan-Tail, who is about five years old, slips through the fence of the yard she is supposed to stay in (I call it the "chicken yard" because that is where our original chickens stayed in, even though practically every yard we have has a chicken in it) and goes to the backyard instead because the grass is always greener on the other side (but seriously, it is in the backyard). Unfortunately, like every other female who has at least seen one cockerel in their lifetime, she has to put up with the hormonal antics of my Blue Cochin Bantam cockerel, Slate, who will never learn that no hen actually wants him. Now, you see, Fan-Tail has a strong grudge against males for whatever reason, and she will kick any male she sees in the face at random. Fan-Tail was once again in the backyard and she was eating feed out of a bucket I had put on the ground. Slate, seeing his opportunity to look even more stupid than he already does, went up to Fan-Tail and began wing-dancing at her. Fan-Tail immediately puffed up her feathers and stood tall over Slate, and then proceeded to attack him. She bowled him over with her feet and he ended up getting squished on the ground underneath her, and he rolled on her side and got up again. He stared at Fan-Tail for a second and then decided nothing happened, and that he wanted to dance at her again. Slate got attacked again, and after that, he danced again. And he got attacked again. But this time, Fan-Tail had enough and would not stop continually grabbing his neck and pecking him until Slate bolted off for a few steps. He looked back at Fan-Tail, both of them with their feathers puffed up. They made angry noises at each other, and then Slate decided that, this time, he was going to pay attention to his own pullets instead.

Yes! I love hearing about other chickens and experiences. We are all chicken moms and dads.

 

[ElfenLied89]

I suppose talking about my own chickens is fine here. I hope it is, anyways.

Hens will never cease to amuse me when they are teaching young cockerels manners. My California Gray hen, Fan-Tail, who is about five years old, slips through the fence of the yard she is supposed to stay in (I call it the "chicken yard" because that is where our original chickens stayed in, even though practically every yard we have has a chicken in it) and goes to the backyard instead because the grass is always greener on the other side (but seriously, it is in the backyard). Unfortunately, like every other female who has at least seen one cockerel in their lifetime, she has to put up with the hormonal antics of my Blue Cochin Bantam cockerel, Slate, who will never learn that no hen actually wants him. Now, you see, Fan-Tail has a strong grudge against males for whatever reason, and she will kick any male she sees in the face at random. Fan-Tail was once again in the backyard and she was eating feed out of a bucket I had put on the ground. Slate, seeing his opportunity to look even more stupid than he already does, went up to Fan-Tail and began wing-dancing at her. Fan-Tail immediately puffed up her feathers and stood tall over Slate, and then proceeded to attack him. She bowled him over with her feet and he ended up getting squished on the ground underneath her, and he rolled on her side and got up again. He stared at Fan-Tail for a second and then decided nothing happened, and that he wanted to dance at her again. Slate got attacked again, and after that, he danced again. And he got attacked again. But this time, Fan-Tail had enough and would not stop continually grabbing his neck and pecking him until Slate bolted off for a few steps. He looked back at Fan-Tail, both of them with their feathers puffed up. They made angry noises at each other, and then Slate decided that, this time, he was going to pay attention to his own pullets instead.

Sounds like most women with ill behaved boys irl. Cept Fan-Tail gets to smack her "suitor" when he is being stupid. Lol. (Please note I said boys and not men. Two totally different categories imo)

 

[2ndTink]

Nope. Pretty boring today. They didn't wanna come outside. They stayed in their run today. They did get a good mixed greens treat today. Still only one of the elder sisters laying. Shouldn't the others have started? Olivia did. They are 22 weeks this week. Are they just being slow? 2 eggs a day or every other day would go a long way. It's taken me 2 weeks to collect 13 (she is doing great!) Lol.

You could try sitting next to them at night and reading them motivational stories, or let them listen to Ted Talks. This may help them start laying faster.

 

[2ndTink]

Sounds like most women with ill behaved boys irl. Cept Fan-Tail gets to smack her "suitor" when he is being stupid. Lol. (Please note I said boys and not men. Two totally different categories imo)

True on the boys vs men

 

[SwampPrincessChick]

You could try sitting next to them at night and reading them motivational stories, or let them listen to Ted Talks. This may help them start laying faster.

2x on this. When my pullets were still at a young age, I used to enter their coop from the nesting box lid since the door wasn't big enough and go by their roosting area at night. I always brought my phone with me and I showed them pictures of eggs and told them which color of eggs they are suppose to lay and how often their breed typically lays. Then I would explain to them everything about eggs that I could. I would do this every night and stay in their coop, talking about eggs, until morning. One day, all of them started to lay and I knew my words of wisdom had paid off in the end.

I'm not being serious.

 

[ElfenLied89]

You could try sitting next to them at night and reading them motivational stories, or let them listen to Ted Talks. This may help them start laying faster.

I would threaten them with them being dinner but they'd probably call my bluff. I will def put on a Ted talk soon though. Lol. Might give them the proper push. Do they have any in chickenese?