Is this a sign?

[ginimad]

Ok so my 2 girls are 21 weeks old now and the same as everyone else i am back and forth the coop, run and the whole of my garden anticipating my first egg...Iv spent alot of time in the garden today as im redoing my herb patch, whilst out there iv noticed them squatting alot and if i go over to them they squat then too..... so the big question is is this a sign that they might be ready to lay?
lisa x

 

[Mojo Chick'n]

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yep - you ought be seeing eggs within a couple of weeks.

meri

 

[Happy Chooks]

Next up: the singing of the egg song.

 

[ginimad]

now i know that is a sign im gonna end up camping next to the coop lol.... never knew i would become so obsessed with the first egg

.. thanks for your help
lisa x

 

[CityGirlintheCountry]

...followed by "playing house" in the nest boxes.

Your first egg will arrive about two days after you pull all your hair out from frustration and swear that you have the world's only non-egglaying chickens.

 

[BCMominMD]

Actually you don't need to camp out next to the coop to hear the egg song. It is pretty unmistakable

 

[Big dreams]

First egg comes right after you buy a bunch from the store...

 

[Happy Chooks]

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That's for sure. Just when you give up and buy some...............whammo, they decide to lay.

 

[kezabel]

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That's for sure. Just when you give up and buy some...............whammo, they decide to lay.

Yep so true thats what happened to me, I thought they were never gunna lay and then I buy eggs and the next day we got 2 eggs from our girls

 

[kikster]

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So hilarious, this is exactly how we are right now! I actually just said today, "what if they never lay? is it possible to have non laying chickens?" lol.