Girl acting strange? Getting ready to lay first egg?

[teresac]

I have 2 BO & 3 BR. All are 17 weeks old on Thursday. One of the BO is acting strange. Sitting alot, seems to be dazed. She is eating & drinking and does not appear sick. Could she be getting ready to lay her first egg?

 

[EngieKisses]

Mine start practice sitting before they start laying. I love it when they do because I know it will not be long!

 

[classless chickens]

Anything Yet?

 

[teresac]

No, she is drinking, eating, but staying away from the rest of the girls. I checked this AM and nothing. I checked her over the best I could and I don't see anything wrong with her. I just don't know. According to everything I have read, she is in the correct time frame for her to start laying.

I am kinda worried but not much I can do.

 

[Happy Chooks]

My 7 chickens will be 20 weeks old tomorrow, and only 1 is laying. But most of them are squatting now. My BR and LB just started squatting.

 

[WitksChicks]

My 6 girls (2 RIR, 2 BS and 2 SLW) will be 13 weeks old tomorrow. When we first moved them to their coop at 7 weeks, we had to cover the nesting boxes, because they were roosting in them. They now all roost where they should (on the roosting bars), however the nesting boxes are still covered.

Should I take the cover off of the boxes? Won't they start roosting in them again?

I'm a newbie, and would appreciate any advise.

 

[EngieKisses]

Put their roosting bars above the height of the nest boxes and then you should be fine. They like to be as high as possible.

I have had chickens take as long as 30 weeks to lay.

 

[barred-rocks-rock]

your hen will be laying any day now . as soon as she is about to lay her first egg, she will start squawking.

 

[Big dreams]

My hens sang and sang for I bet 2 weeks before they gave me an egg, they also had very red combs, and squatted. Is that how she is acting?

 

[teresac]

She is acting better now. They are all singing alot!! I am a very anxious momma!