Should I buy eggs or wait it out?

[BullChick]

I went ahead and went out and bought eggs last night. I couldn't wait any longer. Then today 3 of my chickens layed their first eggs!!

It is the best way to get them to lay!

Congrats!

 

[Michael OShay]

I went ahead and went out and bought eggs last night. I couldn't wait any longer. Then today 3 of my chickens layed their first eggs!!

LOL! Murphy's Law in action. )

 

[cheeka]

robyn! congratulations! whatever it takes, it was worth the purchase! celebrate by making them a Pie with the store bought eggs!

 

[Wishing4Wings]

I was thinking the same thing as Cheeka! Reward the new layer with the store eggs. They'll eat anything!!!

 

[XxMingirlxX]

Gratz on all the eggs guys!

I'm back from Turkey! (Well I have been back for a few days but I forgot to post about it lol).

It was a lovely place, very cheap and there was lots of culture and history. We visited ruins and found tortoises, we walked down huge gorges, we went to an amazing market where you have to haggle which was lots of fun. The pool was large and the weather was really good.

We stayed in a small villa about ten minute walk from a small village, to our suprise, the village also had an ex-pat community.

The most surprising thing was the amount of chickens - everyone seemed to have them. I saw Rhode Island Reds, White Leghorns, Black and Red Sexlinks, Buff Brahmas, an impressive light Brahma Rooster, a Silver Laced Wyandotte, mixed breeds, Australorps, Sebrights, the list goes on! I even saw a broodie leading around over ten chicks!

I was glad to be home though. Meg was very excited when we came home, she kept making adorable little squeals of joy, was running around and rolling onto her belly to be stroked. The cats were fine, although Purrer looked like he had stayed in the same place on the sofa the entire time we were away - lazy cat! We picked up the chickens the following day from their holiday home because we got home in the early hours of the morning because our taxi broke down! They were happy to be home and we gave them lots of treats.

I was planning to get two more hens in the next few days but bird flu means that that plan is out the window. I thinks that's all I have to say, I am trying to shortlist the chicken breeds list have to choose from without much avail.

 

[BullChick]

So far, the eggs have been laid on the floor under the boxes. Been there, done that. No biggie. Last night I saw that a box had been arranged into a nest. So, it was no surprise, though very eggciting to find

today!! One in the box (the other nestbox was nestled too) and the other two in the back corner behind the feed. Another place the last flock liked to lay eggs on occasion.
I am not doing anything to encourage using the nest. I keep thinking about it, but they look like they will figure it out soon on their own!

 

[okallthis4eggs]

No Broody.....No Pie........No Problem. Fired up the Bator yesterday.

 

[okallthis4eggs]

Hello friends it has been a while

 

[okallthis4eggs]

Hope you don't think I am taking care of them

 

[Wishing4Wings]

Finally time to hatch out those sexlinks, huh?

Hey, it's July again. Did Roger lay her annual egg?


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