New eggs

[Farmer Dano]

I am waiting for pictures of the eggs

Got 4. Two one day and two the next day.

 

[Farmer Dano]

At 12 weeks old, no not going to happen. Is someone playing a practical joke on you?

Out of curiosity, how big and what color are those eggs? Are you sure they are chicken eggs?

No one one would do that to me. LOL

 

[Ridgerunner]

Do you have anything you can use to check the date you got them? Looking at the photos, I seriously think they are 4 months old, not 3.

 

[BreanneRN]

You must have a very early maturing Cinnamon Queen! My new hens are also laying tiny eggs, but they were hatched the end of February... I had Cinnamon Queens maybe 25 years ago, they were a very nice hen, I liked them. They are supposed to be a cross of New Hampshire Red and Silverlaced Wyandotte. Most of the red sex links have a Rhode Island Red parent and I never liked the personality of those so much. The red hen in your pics looks like a pure New Hampshire rather than a Cinnamon Queen, though. At least as compared to the ones I had many years ago.

 

[Farmer Dano]

I bought them on May 8th and our local feed store got them on May 7th. I told me when I bought them they were only a day or 2 old.

 

[Farmer Dano]

You must have a very early maturing Cinnamon Queen! My new hens are also laying tiny eggs, but they were hatched the end of February... I had Cinnamon Queens maybe 25 years ago, they were a very nice hen, I liked them. They are supposed to be a cross of New Hampshire Red and Silverlaced Wyandotte. Most of the red sex links have a Rhode Island Red parent and I never liked the personality of those so much. The red hen in your pics looks like a pure New Hampshire rather than a Cinnamon Queen, though. At least as compared to the ones I had many years ago.

Good to know. I'll research it some more. When you buy them from the feed store they just tell you what they are which I guess could be wrong.

 

[snow5164]

Stores have been known to fudge the dates and the breeds, chickens don’t lay at 12 weeks ...... oh well enjoy them

 

[aart]

Here's a pretty good way to tell....
https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/who-is-laying-and-who-is-not-butt-check.73309/
Pelvic points spacing is key for me.

Do you have pics of chicks the day you got them or shortly thereafter?

 

[Farmer Dano]

Here's a pretty good way to tell....
https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/who-is-laying-and-who-is-not-butt-check.73309/
Pelvic points spacing is key for me.

Do you have pics of chicks the day you got them or shortly thereafter?

Thanks. I'll check it out.

 

[BreanneRN]

Yeah, sometimes the feed stores just throw the little ones that didn't sell into the next batch, which may be why you're hen doesn't really look like a cinnamon queen... But she does look like quite a beautiful heritage New Hampshire, which is a wonderful breed. All my Cinnamon Queens were light colored underneath and faded back to a white tail. They were darkest at the head.