My new & first flock! Pictures too!

[colada584]

nice pictures!! pretty birds!!

 

[gryeyes]

Hens share nests. Basically, if one hen has laid an egg there, it must be a great place to lay eggs, so others will lay theirs there too.

That's why many people put golf balls or faux eggs in nest boxes, to encourage their hens to lay eggs THERE and not in a corner of the coop or out in the yard.

 

[callen]

congrads hope you in joy them;

 

[secuono]

I would enjoy them more if they didn't think I would eat them...

Are eggs safe after they have been left with the chickens for a few days?
I have no idea if they are just empty eggs or if they are ones that might hatch....

 

[damarisgw]

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If you have a rooster that breeds them they're are more than likely fertile and if the hen has enough eggs to sit on she will go broody and try to hatch them .
Open one and check if there is a little white bulls eye on the yolk .

 

[3chimama]

They look pretty happy.

 

[secuono]

The main roo 'flew the coop' with a hen, they are long gone. The younger roo is with them though.

Here are pics I took last night when I brought them Grapes. As you can see, hide and seek, lol. I haven't checked to see if they have eaten the Grapes yet.

Pics of them when they lived with their past owner.

 

[secuono]

Roo waiting outside for me to get my butt out of the coop, or maybe that's a hen...I donno.

Spying on my birds, lol.

Short, medium or long legged? I know this one is a mix, but they all have the same length legs, I believe.

All the same girl I was pestering, lol. She chilled out after a few minutes.

She's a cutie!

 

[gryeyes]

Oh, she IS a cutie, indeed!

Now I'm gonna want some black Japanese. Darn you.

 

[secuono]