My chicken sang the egg song!

[jtn42248]

I have a Barred rock that lays me an egg every day almost. She took Sunday off. That must have been her day of rest. She just started laying and gives me small brown eggs. Two of them together would make a good egg. I guess they start out that way. I have New Hamps that are 22 weeks and haven't laid yet.

Do not abandon hope she will produce full sized eggs soon. I have several Barred Rocks that do the same thing. They almost always lay a medium to large brown egg but now and then it is just barely the size of my thumb nail. I think they do in on purpose just to make me think someone is just starting to lay.

 

[jtn42248]

We are having a major thunder storm here in West Texas (have been since 4 a.m.) and all laying has been put on hold. Usually I have gathered 10-15 eggs by now from my flock of mixed girls. Today there has only been one. Guess they don't care for the banging, bombing and flashing of lightening. If they start up once the storm passes this afternoon it is going to get pretty crowded in those nest boxes.

 

[7 Biddies]

Hmm. I heard leghorn lay earlier than others. I hear my chickens egg song with the accompanying rooster lamaze coaching in the background lol.

I'm excited that my ladies are all starting to lay. Then I got 26 chicks yesterday. I am insane.

Chicken math gone crazy!

 

[Double Kindness]

The thought was meat chickens. How I lost my little chicken mind at the feed store! Now all my friends are asking me to help them get their laying flocks together as they are so impressed with mine, so trying to figure out which is which and which are girls is much harder than I had thought it would be.

While I wait for my chicken guy to get back to me and various chicks hatch from friends incubators. chicken math indeed.

 

[leedyfeathers]

hahaha yeah like when i first got into the venture i thought getting two chicks would help me see the things id need or needed to do to prepare to purchace six more because we didnt want too many. looking in a magazine both me and hubby saw what we liked and didnt agree completely on what we wanted.. im thinking (kids) need nice birds not aggressive then they had to mix with others. ok calling to get info 15 is minimum for order. hubby gets home we go to feed store they have the breeds both of caurse the min is four.. haha so i bring four home we relook at the hatchury closest ohio.. min 15 chicks so we order 16.. go figure lol we they arnt shipped till may so now i finally get my girls in their coop got to feed store for feed and they have chicks lol yep six more!
chicken math.. gets us all

 

[leedyfeathers]

hahaha yeah like when i first got into the venture i thought getting two chicks would help me see the things id need or needed to do to prepare to purchace six more because we didnt want too many. looking in a magazine both me and hubby saw what we liked and didnt agree completely on what we wanted.. im thinking (kids) need nice birds not aggressive then they had to mix with others. ok calling to get info 15 is minimum for order. hubby gets home we go to feed store they have the breeds both of caurse the min is four.. haha so i bring four home we relook at the hatchury closest ohio.. min 15 chicks so we order 16.. go figure lol we they arnt shipped till may so now i finally get my girls in their coop got to feed store for feed and they have chicks lol yep six more!
chicken math.. gets us all

oh and then i got me a GCM from lady BYC. im also hopping to get 2more marans and 2 OEs

 

[ThaSilverShadow]

Apparently the misses has heard the song for awhile. I caught them singing today finally.

 

[David Dickens]

I was away on business returned on the weekend to find my 2 first eggs, very eggcited. Didn't think keeping chickens would be this fun and so therapeutic

 

[leedyfeathers]

Whhhhhhoooo hooooookook eggs song!!second time and i know who it will be... my bard the second my blk j.giant.. they both were inside twice with roo a sounding off this morning again @9ish the rest hangig round the door. cool beans wont be long!

 

[David Dickens]

5 eggs in 7 days I am impressed with my young Australorp at least 1 is the layer. I have 4 more that are 2 weeks younger. Cant wait. But I am worried she doesnt sit on the eggs all day will they hatch? Does she know what to do at this early stage?