How do you know when a pullet is about ready to lay?

[AtlantisPeeps]

Title is the question

 

[BantamLover21]

There are several signs of oncoming egg production:

• Redder, larger combs and wattles.
• "Squatting" as you reach down to pick the bird up. Squatting is the natural response of a hen who is ready to mate with a rooster.
• Investigating the nest boxes frequently.
• Cackling for no apparent reason.
• Sometimes a change in voice to a deeper sound.

If you see any/all of those signs, chances are you will get eggs in 1-4 weeks.

 

[Wyandottes7]

There are several signs of oncoming egg production:

• Redder, larger combs and wattles.
• "Squatting" as you reach down to pick the bird up. Squatting is the natural response of a hen who is ready to mate with a rooster.
• Investigating the nest boxes frequently.
• Cackling for no apparent reason.
• Sometimes a change in voice to a deeper sound.

If you see any/all of those signs, chances are you will get eggs in 1-4 weeks.

X2 on this advice.

 

[iwiw60]

Patience, grasshopper

It seems like they'll never lay and then....whoops! There's an egg!