AAH!! My pullet (SOON to be hen) is gonna lay an egg soon!! She is 20 weeks! Any signs as to when she is gonna lay her first egg? Im SO anxious!! ^_^
We knew something was up when they started disappearing off for maybe half an hour every morning We look under a bush: and voila, there's maybe.. six or seven eggs there! Apart from that we didn't really get any signs, so just watch them, she'll start any time soon And congrats for when you do get that egg.
My BR pullet got very agitated and started "growling." My EE pullet became inactive, and stood around stiff as a board, not a peep out of her. So watch for a change in normal behavior. I did not see squatting. In not quite a first week of egg laying from these two I have gotten 5 lovely brown eggs and 1 green one, plus the first EE egg was broken and eaten, which is apparently not that uncommon for young pullets. They were not on layer rations yet so likely shell was weak and she did not lay in nest box. I switched to layer and added calcium source. For sure, these two did not seem to know what was going on with the first egg or what to do but now they are in the groove and both laying in box.
a good way to tell when they're about to start laying is that whenever you go to pick them up or pet them they will squat for you
Quote:I've yet to have any of my laying hens squat before they started laying. They still don't like to be petted much. I have other pullets that have recently become very friendly and like to perch on me and be petted, but they're not laying anything.
Both of my white leghorns are sqauting, and red combs and wattles. Today the youngest of the two laid her first egg. The other is squatting now alot! So any day I should have a white egg to add to my light brown, and light pink!!! Good luck!
