how can i tell when my chickens will lay????

[9jewels9]

I have 3 legghorns 17weeks old 6 golden comets 16 weeks old. How can i tell when they are going to lay??

 

[Buck Creek Chickens]

how red are there faces, and do you know how to check how wide the pelvic bones are, if you get 2 fingers there're close

 

[purecountrychicken]

1 good way is their combs and waddles will get bright red. Another way I read about is if you can get 2 fingers into their vent they are getting ready to lay eggs. Let me know how that works for ya.

 

[Buck Creek Chickens]

its not 2 fingers in the vent, its 2 fingers between the pelvic bones

 

[IDIOT HUSBAND]

I'm not sticking 2 fingers anywhere. I'll wait patiently.

 

[Buck Creek Chickens]

your not going to be sticking those fingers any were nasty, my DH has the same problem, also if you look at the vent it gets larger(wider) and softer

 

[TXmom]

I have 4 Leghorns...they will be 21 weeks old tomorrow and I just got my very first white egg yesterday. It was big compared to my brown eggs!

I think it was Layla...no more white eggs today, so I have 3 more that haven't layed anything yet. Their combs and wattles have been growing and turning red since they were 17 weeks old. They also squat down now when I pet them on their back.

 

[9jewels9]

Dont no about the 2 fingers thing but 2 chickens combs are alot more red than the others and those 2 are clucking different?

 

[njones]

Thanks for the question. I was wondering too.
I don't want to put my fingers "in" any part of one of my poor chickens

 

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