I'm never gonna get an egg!!!

[pitbullmomma]

Much like a watched pot never boiling, a watched chicken never lays! It felt like my girls refused to lay until I gave up hoping. The one with the reddest comb will probably be your first to lay, she should start making weird cooing sounds or squatting down when you pet her and then will surprise you with an egg! Good luck!

Thank you! She's been making more noise then usual lately, and my little cockerel tried to hump her this morning (don't know if that means anything?) So maybe soon...

 

[AlleysChicks]

My duccle and bantam Cochin have been steady layers of peewee eggs. They lay everyday since they started laying in August I got bantams for their broodiness lol

 

[Nimueh Alene]

"5 small"--lol, that cracked me up! I love the name Tribble, I bet she looks like one!

 

[pitbullmomma]

Yes... @sourland

Cochins and Silkies will take longer to lay...and lay maybe 2 eggs, then decide to sit on them to brood. Also, if you have bantam Cochin too, Silkies and bantam Cochins won't lay the full size eggs you see in the grocery stores. They have smaller, maybe half size to 3/4 size.

You won't be getting lots of eggs from these breeds.

If you want eggs....you'll need to purchase Red Sex Links or even the Black Sex Links. They mature quickly, are sexed at hatch by down color, and lay lots of eggs.

Hopefully somebody will lay soon.

Darn, I knew Silkie and d'Uccle eggs were tiny, but I was hoping the Cochin eggs would be a little bigger. I figured I'd pickle the small eggs or just double or triple them up.

I know the Cemanis aren't big layers, but I love the way they look, so black and mysterious. I started out not knowing much about chickens and took the advice to get bantams and Silkies cuz they're easy for first timers. Then I fell in love with the Cemanis, so I wound up with 4 of them. Then I got 3 more banties and 2 standards. Victim of chicken math, LOL!! My bird-fearing husband cut me off. If I could get more I would prolly get Speckled Sussex or Black Australorps. I wanted Faverolles until I went to the stete fair and saw how huge they are, and such a little egg! Man, I don't know what it is about chickens that is so addictive, but if I could I would spend all my time hanging out with my chooks....I love the little buggers so much it's ridiculous!

 

[pitbullmomma]

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So cute!!!!!

 

[sourland]

Lawn ornaments! You hurt me, sour!

No, no don't be hurt. 'lawn ornaments' are great and everyone should have them just for 'pretty'. Now for me, leghorns are both beautiful and very productive.

 

[pitbullmomma]

My duccle and bantam Cochin have been steady layers of peewee eggs. They lay everyday since they started laying in August I got bantams for their broodiness lol

Do you have any egg pics? (with a coin for scale, lol) What kind of eggs do you hatch under your banties? I don't care if my d'Uccles never lay, they are the sweetest birds ever and I will always have them. I love everything about them!!!

 

[Nimueh Alene]

Thank you! She's been making more noise then usual lately, and my little cockerel tried to hump her this morning (don't know if that means anything?) So maybe soon...

Usually about 2 weeks After they start Woo hooing. You'll get a egg.

 

[AlleysChicks]

Do you have any egg pics? (with a coin for scale, lol) What kind of eggs do you hatch under your banties? I don't care if my d'Uccles never lay, they are the sweetest birds ever and I will always have them. I love everything about them!!!

I can get one later. I threw all the Banty eggs I had in the fridge to the dog this morning

Funny thing is my banties haven’t went broody yet! They are still young, hatched in April but I have a EE from April that just went broody!

 

[Lady of McCamley]

I adore my Silkies and bantam Cochins. I keep them for brooding and because they are sweet. Amazingly, when they aren't brooding (which is frequently), they lay pretty steadily.

I don't have an easy access of photos of their eggs, but they are about half size. Sometimes my Silkies lay 3/4 size eggs.

I just double or triple up in a recipe. They are totally normal eggs.

Generally, I use the small, less perfect eggs for me and sell or give as gifts my full size eggs of pretty colors.

Never had the Ayam Cemani. Good luck with those. I do find my "designer" birds are not my best layers.

I am waiting, waiting, waiting for my Cream Legbar to lay. I've had them before (lost mine to a coon last winter), so they are okay layers but not prolific. I only got 1 pullet out of 6 set eggs. (I can only seem to hatch roosters this year). I'm waiting to see her egg color and then breed her forward with my Barnevelder rooster for olive eggs.

But alas...I too am waiting, waiting, waiting. She'll probably lay in the spring as the day light is getting shorter where I live.

Australorps are very good layers. Speckled Sussex are very pretty. Decent layers.

Yes, chickens are like potato chips. Very addicting after the first one. LOL.

LofMc