rooster mounting pullets

[Suess hens]

Does this mean that I will have eggs soon?
I have seen him in the past kind of try, but today while I was in the garden with them he was doing his deed; and the girls were not happy about it.

 

[Cason]

You could have eggs soon, but a rooster mounting a pullet will have nothing to do with that. Hens (or Pullets) don't need a rooster to lay eggs.

 

[gritsar]

When the girls stop complaining and start squatting with just a look from the rooster, that's when you can really start looking forward to the eggs.

 

[Suess hens]

I know I don't need the rooster...but I have been waiting 23 weeks now for eggs...I want eggs, was hoping this was a sign.
For my non-crowing 18 week old rooster, I was happy, showed he really was a boy.

 

[Mr. Frizzles Hen House]

Mine started laying at 23 weeks. My rooster starting doing the same thing only a week, two at the most before hand. Not sure if it was a sign, but they sure did seem to go have something to do with each other

 

[Suess hens]

I just keep looking for any sign. I have seen squating, color changes, one talks a lot, then I heard some song out of one of them yesterday (with nothing in the nest). Then I saw my rooster, in what seemed totally random, mount (for better lack of words) my poor Nelly (she was the one that I didn't think would make it as a baby). Someone has been doing some nest time. Two of my nests have had someone sitting in them, even made nice indentations and looks like nests.
Well, I will go out to the coop again tonight, not hoping for anything more than a golf ball, but will see what I find.
Thanks Mr. Frizzle, I will try to tell myself one more week to help keep my hopes down a bit longer (you know so I won't get frustrated when nothing is there)

 

[RobotChicken]

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Don't be dissapointed then when you come home and find the golf balls missing!!!!!!!

 

[Suess hens]

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Don't be dissapointed then when you come home and find the golf balls missing!!!!!!!

Missing? Will they eat them?
I know I have found them kicked out before. The first time I put them back, since then I have removed them from that box. I thought maybe they discovered my trick and were shunning the balls.

 

[cmom]

Sure signs of getting ready to lay are combs and wattles getting red and the girls start squatting.

 

[RobotChicken]

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Don't be dissapointed then when you come home and find the golf balls missing!!!!!!!

Missing? Will they eat them?
I know I have found them kicked out before. The first time I put them back, since then I have removed them from that box. I thought maybe they discovered my trick and were shunning the balls.

No I meant would it be rather disappointing to come home only expecting golf balls, to not even find the golf balls.

Ok, maybe that would be more confusing than disappointing.