I think my girls finally got it !!! I gave them a pep talk =)

[chickenlickin8]

I had a chat with my girls this morning as I was giving them their breakfast and I guess it worked....ha ha! Finally, they started using the nest boxes! I caught "Molly" in there bright and early before 8AM. It wasn't her first egg but it was her first egg she layed in a box. I also had an other hen lay today too....so 2 EGGS TODAY! WOW! I was a proud MAMA!

 

[seminolewind]

Chickens are so fickle! They never lay where you want them to, then they surprise you

 

[arlee453]

So did you give them the old 'we're either having scrambled eggs or chicken and dumplins' speech?

glad you got your eggs!

 

[chickenlickin8]

Ha ha ha! I told them either lay in the box or get in the POT! LOL!!

 

[chickypoo]

Ha ha ha! I told them either lay in the box or get in the POT! LOL!!

I bet that did it!

 

[sweetshoplady]

Those are really neat nest boxes you have! What pretty ladies you have too! Is Molly a black Star?

 

[skeeter]

very good I knew yall would work it out

 

[dangerouschicken]

Those Black Sex-links always come thru in the end

YAY!

 

[chickenlickin8]

Thanks! Yep, it all worked out! Molly is a black Australorp although I do have a Black Sex Link too

No eggs today so far and it's 3:30PM...young hens are so unpredictable

 

[cajunlizz]

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Yes , been told when they 1st. start laying , they do not lay regular . Might skip a day or two. DANG IT . I am still waiting on 3 of my RIR's to start laying .

ALSO waiting on that darn HEN that went broody for 3 weeks to begin laying again , DANG , she's been out of broody stage for a month now . STUBBORN CLUCK .