Normal laying rate??

[lisadamole]

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Sounds like your girls have found someplace different to lay eggs.

 

[LedgeWoods]

...that's what I was afraid of!
I kept them all in "lockdown" for a couple extra hours this morning. After no eggs I let the flock out but had one of the RIR's sitting on top of the nest boxes again this morning clucking to herself like she was deep in thought working on giving up an egg.

Went back to check on her 15 minutes later - no chicken and NO EGG! But she rearranged my shelf items including leg bands and 2 boxes of fly strips into a fashionable little nest

Extra long lockdown tomorrow for the flock and an egg hunt planned for me & the kids. Getting the deet ready to take on the mosquitoes

...and deciding which child to send crawling under the deck to look through all the rocks that look like eggs

 

[Enigma1923]

I wasn't worried 'til I read these posts...now I'm wondering if my girls are leaving eggs elsewhere. I ordered 6 Rhode Island Red chicks from the feed store, delivered to me as yellow fluffballs in April. One of the pullets I requested turned out to be a roo, but so far he's just a goodnatured goofball, so we're keeping him. I have a laying box built into my coop, but I free range daylight hours. They've started to pile the hay in the coop, in the nesting boxes, but still no eggs. Should I rally a stray egg hunt, or keep my policy of patience?

 

[CMV]

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They will be laying at any time now. I just got my first egg today from my April sexed pullets. It didn't come from one of my RIRs, but from a RSL. I'd be watching yours very closely from this point on. I was thinking that my pullet was awfully young to be laying, but a little quick math says she's 19 weeks and that's old enough apparently.

 

[LedgeWoods]

The massive egg hunt only turned up egg shells under the deck steps (looks to be from one egg, but could be from my chicken-sitter last week who dropped one). I kept the flock in lock-down until noon - no eggs. Kept an eye on the flock all day - no eggs anywhere.

I think they're teasing me. They are only 18 weeks, so I guess I'll be patient. Once school is back in session, they will be in lock-down a bit more and hopefully using the nestboxes regularly. But geez, with the salmonilla outbreak it sure would be nice to have my own eggs!!!

 

[VVolfpack]

2 of mine started laying a 19 weeks and 1 was at 20 weeks, the first week or so of laying was off and on but after that they picked up and are very consistent

 

[chickenbarn-gal]

So far, mine has laid 9 eggs in 6 days! Wow! I am so pleased!!!!!!