Pictures of what goes on at egg laying time in the hen house

[ChickenRiverCottage]

That is so cute, thanks for sharing those photos.

My chickens should start laying pretty soon too, so I can't wait for it.

 

[georgialee]

I totally have egg color envy. The eggs and chooks are gorgeous!

 

[Jiff]

What an adorable thread! I loved seeing the picture sequence of all of your beautiful girls laying, and those fantastic eggs! Now I am envious of the pretty egg colors (the pink is so lovely), and may have to look into getting some girls that lay them.

Thanks for sharing!

 

[FlockMama]

Beautiful Pics!

I like the one where the slw is screaming at Marshmellow!

Beautiful Roo and love your RIR

Thanks for sharing....

 

[mountainchick5]

Those pics just made me smile!

I have just 2 bantams laying little eggs now. The only other chicken that gets in the nest and makes a fuss is Edward the Rooster!!!! Can't wait to have such a great line up of eggs! Fantastic!!

 

[ging3rhoffman]

Here is what my girls gave me today...there are still 2 Black Aussies not laying. I got ten eggs today but just chose what i thought were the prettiest ones. I posted them already as"Eye Candy" I just cant help it. They are so new to me and so pretty. Im still in AWWWW.

 

[lovemychix]

That was one of the best chicken story ever!

Love the pics!

 

[jeanniejayne]

Absolutely lovely photographs, gorgeous chooks and coop! So generous of you to have shared with us.

Your nest boxes remind me of Hollywood Squares! So cute!

I have Welsummers ( I think one of yours is a Wellie, too, unless I am mistaken) and mine started laying just after 4 months. Once in a while I still find one on the floor of the coop.

For the floor I am using ledger paper from work that comes out the the shredder looking like sand, it is so fine. We use soy ink, so it is safe. I have it down thick (about 4 inches) , and stir it every day. I also pick up a lot of the droppings right under the roost for the compost pile, and we have a fan in the window, so all is very dry. I have a bit of straw in the nest boxes, but the girls are always scraping it out! They only want a bit around the edges.

I think I may just see how it goes through the winter, and compost the whole thing in spring.

I use a nipple waterer in the coop, but they seem not to like that so much, and once I let them out in the yard for the day they prefer to drink from the metal dishes I put out, and refresh with ice cubes a few times a day when it is this hot. They do love cold water!