I'm never gonna get an egg!!!

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TrishMortician said:
Much like a watched pot never boiling, a watched chicken never lays!
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well, I hate that. I have been impatiently waiting for eggs from the new girls- nada. They are roughly 28 wks old now- Lavender Orpington, Two Mottled Orpingtons, Splash Marans and a Welsummer. The Marans has a deeply red comb and wattles, but no squat. The Welsummer's is sort of a coral color. The other girls don't seem to be developing combs and wattles very well. Hope I don't have to wait until spring to get eggs. Don't know if I can make it. I have had a talk with them, but they just aren't paying attention. I do have two older hens that both produce- my Wyandotte is a faithful layer. My Buff Orpington, on the other hand- nearly 3 years old- has been a bit of, well, an old hen about it. I am lucky to get 3 eggs a week- and we went months and months without eggs from her- brooding, molting, brooding...
It was really bad when I had to go the store and buy eggs for make ahead Thanksgiving pies and cakes. I really wanted those dark orange yolks in my goodies.
 
oldhen2345 said:
well, I hate that. I have been impatiently waiting for eggs from the new girls- nada. They are roughly 28 wks old now- Lavender Orpington, Two Mottled Orpingtons, Splash Marans and a Welsummer. The Marans has a deeply red comb and wattles, but no squat. The Welsummer's is sort of a coral color. The other girls don't seem to be developing combs and wattles very well. Hope I don't have to wait until spring to get eggs. Don't know if I can make it. I have had a talk with them, but they just aren't paying attention. I do have two older hens that both produce- my Wyandotte is a faithful layer. My Buff Orpington, on the other hand- nearly 3 years old- has been a bit of, well, an old hen about it. I am lucky to get 3 eggs a week- and we went months and months without eggs from her- brooding, molting, brooding...
It was really bad when I had to go the store and buy eggs for make ahead Thanksgiving pies and cakes. I really wanted those dark orange yolks in my goodies.
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My lav orps always are slower than my chocolate orps. I can't remember how long i waited for them to lay, but a few started before winter, others from the same hatch waited till spring. I have a blue Marans that is 26.5 weeks, also very red comb, no egg. :hmm
 
crunchybabychicken said:
My 22 week old EEs just started going into the nesting boxes,they haven't layed an egg yet but that has to be a good sign right?
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Yes, a very good sign! They are interested. My *guess* is in the next two weeks. One of my EE laid her first egg right in the middle of the lawn, but she figured it out by the second egg. Mine laid at 22 weeks, and 23 weeks. (but this was with lots of daylight hours in Summer, not Fall)

While I love all my hens, my EE's are by far the smartest and most friendly of the bunch. I was surprised they aren't the top of the pecking order
 
If it worked for pitbullmomma by shaming her chicken into laying an egg, it might work for mine. Here is Bebe', Black Copper Marans, 28 weeks old. Not laying yet! DSCN1061.JPG DSCN1059.JPG
 
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Killer Tomato said:
If it worked for pitbullmomma by shaming her chicken into laying an egg, it might work for mine. Here is Bebe', Black Copper Marans, 28 weeks old. Not laying yet!View attachment 1182011View attachment 1182012
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It did work! Chicken shaming is real! I just went out there to feed my babies, and there it was....egg #2. A perfect, tiny, torpedo-shaped, cream colored ova of wonder.

It will happen! Trust me! Just when you give up, and start checking, cuz you're like "freak this, I'm never gonna get a freakin' egg" <sanitized for your protection, lol> then you go to remove some random turds from the nest box and there it is, sitting there waiting for you. :cool:
 

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