I have RIRs, white hens (I think they're white leghorns, but IDK), and 1 frizzle bantham cochin. I'm not holding my breath for the bantham eggs, but my husband is joking about chicken nuggets and chicken a la king.
I see ppl posting on here that their 14 week old RIRs are laying, but I assume they're feeding egg-a-day (or something of the sort). I free range and feed chicken scraps. I've been cooping them up for two or three days at a time (and feeding them significantly more, they like dog food and grits, as well as their apple cores and such).... Anyway, I let them out for a day after being cooped for two or three (never more than three).
Oh, this is getting long.
Short version: I have six month old hens, no rooster, they're RIR and white leghorn (not positive about the leghorn); I free range them usually, but I want them to lay in the coop (not the woods), so when are they going to start laying????
I see ppl posting on here that their 14 week old RIRs are laying, but I assume they're feeding egg-a-day (or something of the sort). I free range and feed chicken scraps. I've been cooping them up for two or three days at a time (and feeding them significantly more, they like dog food and grits, as well as their apple cores and such).... Anyway, I let them out for a day after being cooped for two or three (never more than three).
Oh, this is getting long.
Short version: I have six month old hens, no rooster, they're RIR and white leghorn (not positive about the leghorn); I free range them usually, but I want them to lay in the coop (not the woods), so when are they going to start laying????