Do hens usually lay there first egg and then not for a couple days
It can take 3-4 weeks for them to ease into a regular laying pattern. You may even see a few soft shelled eggs.

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Do hens usually lay there first egg and then not for a couple days
Yes, that is very common. But some will start laying, like my Buff Orpingtons, and consistently lay about 6 eggs a week the first year. It depends upon the chicken, laying conditions.
That's interesting. Most chickens drink first thing in the morning, that's why it's recommended that you place wormer in the water at the crack of dawn.chickenwaterers.com said that Leghorns were found to produce 10% better if offered cold water rather than tepid water to drink. All my breeds go straight for the water when they come out from just laying their egg for the day. I use ice cubes in the Brite Tap Rubbermaid nipple valve waterer to keep the water cold on warm days.![]()
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That's interesting. Most chickens drink first thing in the morning, that's why it's recommended that you place wormer in the water at the crack of dawn.![]()
Is it normal for Silkies to avoid using a ramp? My Silkies' coop has a ramp up into the nesting area and my Silkies won't use it. They will stay all night in the run area, huddled up rather than climb the ramp to roost for the night. Does pushing them up the ramp help?
Sylvester: What would you say are pros and cons for using that for a waterer?
I'm not sure about the odd body colors. But iis surprising how much a chick's color can change from down to full feathers. I would guess her color as blue except for that odd buff around the eye She may well be an off color but no way of knowing yet. . But the lighter leg down is not all that uncommon. I hatched a black girl last year with white leg feathers and white wing tips. I thought she might feather out to be something unusual but all the white disappeared and she became an ordinary black. I gave her to young teen friend of mine and have seen her again this spring. Just an ordinary black silkie with full dark pigment of both feathers and legs. I've since heard from other breeders that it is not all that uncommon. . She a sweetheart who loves to be picked up and cuddled.I thought I would post this here and see what everyone thought. **This is not my chick** it was posted for sale on a local facebook page but the color caught my attention. I've done lots of research but never saw a dark bodied chick with white leg feathers. Does anyone know what color it would grow up to be? Or is it a mixed colored silkie with two different colored parents?
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