New chicken owner

[Gallina08]

It's unfortunately common for chick of different breeds to get mixed up in a feed store environment. Careless or poorly trained employees might mix them in the bins, customers might handle them then put them into the wrong bin, chicks from multiple batches might be combined into one bin with the signs not properly changed, or the chickens might even mix themselves -- I actually saw that happen in a local farm store where a chick flew up onto the side of her bin and dropped down into the next bin.

You must have cared for him well for him to have lasted so

If you need help with any other birds, please let us know!

Thanks for the info! I don’t know if he impregnated any of the hens because I did see him mount one of them. I’m guessing since it’s a mix it won’t be that big if she does end up laying. But I doubt it because so far none of my hens have layed eggs. What am I doing wrong?

 

[lilmillefleur]

@Gallina08 you probably aren't doing anything wrong. What breeds are the hens do you think? You said they were 4 months old?

 

[3KillerBs]

How old are your pullets?

Also, where, in general, are you located?

You often find information that pullets start laying at about 20 weeks, but that's wildly variable by breed and by individual chicken.

It's also dependent on time of year because chickens lay sooner and more when the days are long or, at least, increasing, and they lay less or later when the days are short or, at least, decreasing.

So if you're in the northern hemisphere with the days as short as they ever get, your pullets will lay later than if they'd come of age in the summer with the days as long as they ever get.