New chicken lady in NE

[FreeMamaG]

Hi! We finally bought a house and knew chickens were the next step. We bought 12 chicks in late May 2020. 6 White Rocks and 6 NH Reds. We lost one red in the first few weeks but the 11 remaining are healthy and well. They are now 19 weeks and not laying yet. Lessening daylight I'm sure is the contributing factor as well as free ranging and possible egg hiding.
Anyway, we live our birds and couldn't be happier with our future eggs!

 

[DobieLover]

Hello and welcome to BYC! Glad you joined.
Congratulations on your new home.
You might want to consider not letting the flock out of their coop/run until afternoon to give them a chance to lay in the nest boxes when the time comes. Egg hunts are only fun on Easter.

 

[shineandrise]

Hello! Welcome, so glad that you joined. Sounds like you have some awesome chicken breeds. Hopefully, you will get eggs from them soon. Have fun exploring BYC!

 

[Araucana Nest]

Howdy. . Egg hiding is one of the facets of Chicken Math you don't often hear about. Otherwise known as egg subtraction.... sometimes 12 hens will offer only 1 egg. That said, I love for my hens to free range and like @DobieLover said, they can learn to lay before going out for the day.

 

[Chick-N-Fun]

Welcome to our FUN-omenal Flock!

Best wishes & Be well!

 

[samshan21]

Welcome to BYC

 

[TwoCrows]

Hello and welcome to BYC!

Congrats on your new home! Chickens make a wonderful housewarming gift to yourself. Enjoy your flock and welcome to ours!

 

[sourland]

Congratulations on your new home and flock, and welcome to BYC.

 

[N F C]

Congrats on your new home and flock!

 

[Fuchsia]

Hello and welcome to BYC!