Is Cleopatra an Auracana or a mix?

[Joliet]

Thanks! She just started doing a funny squatting thing so I think you are right. As far as the showing thing I'm leaning towards the d'ucccles. I don't believe mine are show quality but maybe I can find one. I just love those little birds.

 

[Veer67]

and p.s. as far as her not laying let, some hens can take a little longer. No chicken lays at 3 months old. (That's a 12 wk old chicken!) If yours is 7 months she should be laying very soon, just give her some time.

Oh sorry for that, I thought I was in another thread. But yep, most pullets lay at the age of 22- 25 weeks of age sometimes it takes longer.

 

[Joliet]

She laid her first egg today.

 

[BantamLover21]

She laid her first egg today.

Great! What did it look like?

 

[Joliet]

It was absolutely filthy lol. Looks light green or blue green depending on the lighting.

 

[WalkingOnSunshine]

Oh oops, that was a typo I meant 3 months.

Have to disagree with you--3 months is only 12-13 weeks. Most chickens are at point of lay between 18 and 30 weeks. Heritage breeds often don't lay until six months old.

 

[Veer67]

Have to disagree with you--3 months is only 12-13 weeks. Most chickens are at point of lay between 18 and 30 weeks. Heritage breeds often don't lay until six months old.

If you look a few posts back I corrected it, I mixed the information up with another thread. I had originally meant 20- 28 weeks or longer.

 

[WalkingOnSunshine]

If you look a few posts back I corrected it, I mixed the information up with another thread. I had originally meant 20- 28 weeks or longer.

Sorry, I missed your correction until after I'd posted. Didn't mean to pile on.

 

[Joliet]

Her second egg is enormous! The egg to the left is a large grocery store egg for comparison. I candeled it and it seems to have only one yolk.

 

[Frost Homestead]

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Yay!! first eggs are the best