whats going one my friends working nights for the next to days so i will be on late 5pm to 5am. got 6 RIR's about a couple of weeks from laying. they just started to make a lot of noise in the coop when i am around it, more than usual. not sure if that is a sign but i do know the red on some of their faces are getting pretty red think that is a sign too. got the nest box ready with shavings in it but no one is going in it right now. would appreciate any help i can get on what to do to get ready and what to look for from my chickens...thanks and GOD bless
Hey there La-yers and BYCers too and TGIF if that makes any difference LOL my Saturdays & Sundays start out just like my reg. weekdays anyhow I notice very little differnce at all most of the time.
Flewdacoop those girls will let you know for sure when the time is nigh. They surely have mother nature on their side and working for them. Don't fret it too much, if you have them set up in such manner as you say, they should be fine. They will start going on the nest a little while before ever laying their first eggs usually, my Grandad called this practicing laying they will get in there and scratch around and dig and flip stuff up on their backs so on and so forth and then there it will happen and usually it will be a small egg sometimes these aren't found as sometimes they get hit with a surprise and think its a poop and it not but they get the drift and usually the next time they feel this strange urge coming on they will deposit the egg in the correct location. Just hang in there they know what to do a lot better than we do for sure. It another wonder of the Great Creators hands at work, it is surely amazing!
Jeff
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