is my chicken getting ready to lay her 1st egg????

[pinkpeach]

I have a mini barred rock who should be around 4 months (from what I was told) she is inside with one of our injured frizzle (doing fine). They are best buds. I have noticed ZhaZha (barred rock) doing quite a bit of scratching the bottom of their enclosure, laying down, wiggling a bit, chirping then she'll sit still for a few minutes, get up and do it all over again. Blondie (frizzle) gives off her protective clucking once Zha Zha lays down. Is this normal???

 

[SilkieBantams]

Yes she is preparing to lay her egg.

 

[henryhoe]

does that mean she will lay soon like today or tomorrow or does it mean just practicing and not lay for maybe a week

 

[pinkpeach]

I'm curious about that as well. They are in a LARGE kennel right now and we have newspaper down so it is easy to clean. If I need to put a little bed or box for her i can do that. I do not want to put her back in the hen house yet because our two Leghorns pick on her if she is without Goldie (frizzle).

 

[aoxa]

4 months old is really very young.. My Large BR laid her first egg at 6 months old..

Can you show us a picture of her? You can usually tell by the combs and wattles.

 

[SilkieBantams]

You can put a nest box in for her thay way she can lay her egg soon which is today.

 

[aoxa]

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I respectfully disagree. She is far too young. She's probably trying to stay warm..

 

[nurse_turtle]

My Dominique "Sally" was acting a bit off yesterday and it really worried me. She didn't go insane over grapes, so I knew she wasn't feeling well. I held her and petted her as long as she wanted. I felt her tummy and everything felt normal. No parasites, no injuries. She's had the bright red face for about a month. This morning I took another favorite of hers out there (raw corn on the cob) and she seemed fine. I stepped into the coop to fill the feeder and she was "nesting" in the corner. On the opposite end of their open air coop, laid a small beige/pink egg, perfect in every way! Keep in mind it could be a month before you see the egg if you see it at all. The days are growing shorter and egg production will decline.

 

[nurse_turtle]

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Maybe she's just taking a dust bath?

 

[pinkpeach]

I will try and post a picture of her. She has a very small comb and a waddle about half to three quarter inch.