No idea. I sleep in such crazy old lady patterns. To bed at 1 or 2 am. Up around 5am; to read or watch an old classic movie. Back to bed around 7am without even going to the back of the house to try to see the ChickArena at the end of the yard. Sleep til noon and then go out and play with the chickens. They start cluck, cluck, clucking to me the very minute they hear me open the door to the back yard. Their coop door is always open, so they come into the run whenever they want to in the morning and put themselves to bed at night. The run is predator proofed, so I can sleep as late as I want.
Just have two point-of-lay pullets. No roos. WAITING for the first egg. Both were hatched in late February, so it's got to be any day now. Right? I've been sprinkling protein powder (from the health food store) in their yogurt every few days; also some sprinkled into their layer food. Trying to jump start their laying. The Black Marans' comb and wattles are a nice rich red now and are considerably larger than last month. But the Auracana's tiny peacomb is still barely there and is only a pale coral pink. But she's got a nice big body and beautiful white feathers and eats and drinks well. They're both lively and bright eyed. I can't wait for that first egg already!!!!!
