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A pic of my egg collection...aren't they beautiful!
Where did they come from???
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Most likely they are muts... but, they SHOULD lay eggs.... EVENTUALLY...I still don't know a damn thing...lol I'm forever looking up breeds but I can't seem to match any of them to a particular breed. I think they are all mutts... I'll find a pic that looks similar to one of my chickens...then the legs are the wrong color....or the comb thingie isn't the same...beak a different color...The only thing I know is that they are over 3 months old...
give them a few more weeks are they free ranging anywhere look for hidden nests but most probably it is the change and time of year
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Omgosh no free ranging! I'd never put them at risk to be plucked by a hawk or anything. I'd be a basket case if that happened...
I don't know what age chickens start laying...or even how old my little ladies are now...
It will be a happy surprise when I see that first egg!
Omgosh no free ranging! I'd never put them at risk to be plucked by a hawk or anything. I'd be a basket case if that happened...
I don't know what age chickens start laying...or even how old my little ladies are now...
It will be a happy surprise when I see that first egg!
with the dogs Fear and Snow and all the trees for protection I knock on wood I have not lost one in three years....
When you get that first egg, you'll want to frame it
If it makes you feel any better, my girls were giving me ~20/day and then I had to change their feed. The adult hens went into a hard molt and the ducks just quit laying. We've gotten 8 eggs since September 5. And those in the last week or so.
Once the ducks quit, they won't start up again until spring. But at least the adult hens have started back at it. My young girls like yours just haven't gotten ready to lay yet, but I did hear one yesterday singing the egg song, so we might be close.
If it makes you feel any better, my girls were giving me ~20/day and then I had to change their feed. The adult hens went into a hard molt and the ducks just quit laying. We've gotten 8 eggs since September 5. And those in the last week or so.
Once the ducks quit, they won't start up again until spring. But at least the adult hens have started back at it. My young girls like yours just haven't gotten ready to lay yet, but I did hear one yesterday singing the egg song, so we might be close.
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What is the "egg song"?When you get that first egg, you'll want to frame it
If it makes you feel any better, my girls were giving me ~20/day and then I had to change their feed. The adult hens went into a hard molt and the ducks just quit laying. We've gotten 8 eggs since September 5. And those in the last week or so.
Once the ducks quit, they won't start up again until spring. But at least the adult hens have started back at it. My young girls like yours just haven't gotten ready to lay yet, but I did hear one yesterday singing the egg song, so we might be close.
lots of mine went through that first hard molt this year shot myself in the foot turning my 9 barred into soup they where the daily now I am loaded with ee, oe and ameracauna
Ok folks, how do we describe it?
Once you've heard it and connected it to egg laying you'll never miss it. It's a song they sing when waiting in line for the nest box and when they're in the nest box. It's very distinct. Oh and don't be surprised if they all want to use the same nest box.OH PENNY!
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