Waiting for that first egg is driving me CRAZY.

[Momo]

Honestly. I've become a crazy woman. I mean, I keep checking the nest boxes throughout the day, wondering if I'll find a shiny new blue or green egg. I like to think I'm a fairly balanced individual but the waiting is driving me nuts.

My girls (EE) are 18/19 weeks old and some of them have developed bright red combs and have been doing the egg squat for a week or so ... but they haven't been investigating the nest boxes. I'm due to leave in a week for a short vacation and I'm pretty sure the little rascals will start laying while I'm gone! Argh!

 

[luvmychicknkids]

Uh huh....they KNOW!!!! One of my girls was squatting and cackling for weeks before she actuallly laid an egg!!! It finally happened yesterday though and I am sure yours will too.

I had given up on her and told her she was probably just a rooster in disguise!!! LOL

 

[d.k]

* Just like "a watched pot never boils. . . . "

 

[chick-e-chick]

Ours are about 16 weeks and we had our first egg a few days ago, I know how you feel, it's like it will never happen....but it will and it's really exciting!!!

 

[sammy]

I am feeling the same! the wattles are very red on my 2 hens and the combs somewhat. Is It possible for a hen to never lay an egg in it's life

???

Someone told me she got a few at farmer's markets and they never laid eggs

I am sure mine are about 19 weeks old now or more

 

[chickiebaby]

My batch of younger girls wil be twenty one weeks this Saturday and still nuthin. I think its the muggy heat. Blech.

Whym when I was a young pullet . . .

Kids today just dont want no kind of responsibility nohow.

 

[Wynette]

I had 2 EEs that didn't start laying until well past 8 months of age; however, those 2 lay JUMBO eggs regularly, with an occasional XL. So, I guess it was worth the wait. My biggest disappointment in my EEs is that of the 6 I started with, only 2 of them lay green . Sigh.

 

[momofchicks]

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Okay, what does cackling actually mean, like walking around talking? So do they cackle all day when they are getting ready to lay? My Dom is talking her head off.

 

[Buff Hooligans]

Pretend you don't care. That's how I got our girls to lay.

 

[Dar]

I am glad I am not the only one that going crazy waiting for the first egg to arrive....bit i think I am more exicited for my daughter she is 5 and they are really her chickens ...