Plymouth Rock thread!

[TNBEARCHICK]

every bird is different and every strain. hatchery birds would lay sooner than heritage. my rocks are usually the first in the pens to lay before Marans and Ameraucanas. you should get eggs soon.

I am still waiting on eggs my SPPR are about 9 months old and no eggs! I know breeder birds take longer and my Brahmas always take forever but I guess I am just inpatient.

 

[Yard full o' rocks]

I am still waiting on eggs my SPPR are about 9 months old and no eggs! I know breeder birds take longer and my Brahmas always take forever but I guess I am just inpatient.

TNBEARCHICK

If your girls are 9 months they outta be laying....are you sure they aren't hiding them somewhere??

 

[TNBEARCHICK]

They are in a chicken tractor, so no escape it's a large tractor. OK so MY BAD they are 7 months old.

 

[DMRippy]

They are in a chicken tractor, so no escape it's a large tractor.  OK so MY BAD they are 7 months old.

the weather we are having is playing a role there too. time.....they just need some time.

 

[TNBEARCHICK]

Thanks, another question I have a 2 year old hen who quit laying at the first of summer and now has molted but still no eggs for about 3 months. She did look a little unhealthy for a while but seems fine for a while now.

 

[Silver Rock]

I am still waiting on eggs my SPPR are about 9 months old and no eggs! I know breeder birds take longer and my Brahmas always take forever but I guess I am just inpatient. 

Hi TNBEARCHICK
Are your pullets bright/dark red in the face and are they singing the song a pullet does when she comes of age to start laying. If the answer is yes I would look for signs of broken egg shells. You may have a snake, rat or the pullets themselves eating the egg before you have a chance to gather them.

 

[ellieemae]

My Partridge Plymouth Rock hen is such a consistent layer, but holy guacamole is that girl "talkative"! We live in the 'burbs and I can't have her complaining loudly to the other hens in the middle of the day, so sometimes she has to come in the house to get her feathers unruffled a bit before she can go rejoin the flock. Her all-out rants aren't an every day thing, but when they happen, she's not easily quieted!

 

[jdoane]

My Partridge Plymouth Rock hen is such a consistent layer, but holy guacamole is that girl "talkative"! We live in the 'burbs and I can't have her complaining loudly to the other hens in the middle of the day, so sometimes she has to come in the house to get her feathers unruffled a bit before she can go rejoin the flock. Her all-out rants aren't an every day thing, but when they happen, she's not easily quieted!

LOL. Don't you wonder what she is complaining about. I wonder what gets her feathers so ruffled!

 

[TNBEARCHICK]

Hi TNBEARCHICK
Are your pullets bright/dark red in the face and are they singing the song a pullet does when she comes of age to start laying. If the answer is yes I would look for signs of broken egg shells. You may have a snake, rat or the pullets themselves eating the egg before you have a chance to gather them.

They are red but they may not be all the way dark we check for eggs twice a day most days. I just think they are being sluggish about laying but its all of them.

 

[Silver Rock]

They are red but they may not be all the way dark we check for eggs twice a day most days.  I just think they are being sluggish about laying but its all of them.

Well I am sure they will be laying in the next few week. Would love to see pictures of your Silver Penciled Plymouth Rocks. I get tired of just seeing pictures of mine.