Who else is waiting for that first egg?

[HennaRose]

I'm still waiting. My girls are 19 and 20 weeks old, and no eggs yet. A friend and an aunt went in on a chick order from the same hatchery with me, and both have eggs from their flocks; mine are late to start, it seems. My 19-weekers are a Rhode Island Red, a white Leghorn, and an Easter Egger; my 20-weeker is an Australorp. I bought her (with a black sex-link, who was killed by the dogs) to replace a day-old that died the same night the hatchery order came in.

Only difference I can tell between my setup and Friend's and Aunt's is the dogs. Friend has a dog who ignores the chickens; Aunt has no dogs. I have three dogs, one of whom really likes to bark at the chickens. One only barks sometimes, and one completely ignores them.I'm beginning to wonder if the stress of being barked at is delaying egg-laying...

 

[Granny368W]

We have game cams in ours.  That's only because webcams don't work well on our place.  Distance and internet being issues.

Oh,yeah...wwe don't have very good I Internet either..... I'll check into those, thank you...

 

[king tail]

Ooo green egg how exciting!! What breed Easter?

no, they are Americana mixes, and i dont know if they are going to lay green, but the man i got them from says they're mother layed green eggs. I hope they do.

 

[junebuggena]

No such thing as Americana. There is a breed called Ameraucana, but they only lay blue eggs. If they came from green eggs, then the mother was an Easter Egger. If she was crossed with a brown egg laying rooster, you only have about a 25% chance for similarly green eggs. If your girls have pea combs, then the odds for green eggs are a bit better. If they have straight combs, they most likely lay brown eggs.

no, they are Americana mixes, and i dont know if they are going to lay green, but the man i got them from says they're mother layed green eggs. I hope they do.

 

[OnlyOrps]

No such thing as Americana. There is a breed called Ameraucana, but they only lay blue eggs. If they came from green eggs, then the mother was an Easter Egger. If she was crossed with a brown egg laying rooster, you only have about a 25% chance for similarly green eggs. If your girls have pea combs, then the odds for green eggs are a bit better. If they have straight combs, they most likely lay brown eggs.

I think we all knew what she meant...

no, they are Americana mixes, and i dont know if they are going to lay green, but the man i got them from says they're mother layed green eggs. I hope they do.

I have seen it spelled that way many times, it may not be correct. I don't know. But we knew what you meant lol

 

[mommato5chicks]

no, they are Americana mixes, and i dont know if they are going to lay green, but the man i got them from says they're mother layed green eggs. I hope they do.

Whatever color they come out in sure it will be lovely btw Americana Ameraucana it's like tomato tomatoe lol don't let it get ya

 

[Gremores]

I am anxiously waiting but wondering if the heat is going to impact. I definitely have one girl that should be laying soon as she has finally turned red. They will be 17.5 weeks tomorrow. My other girls aren't as read so I expect it will be a few more weeks. *the girl in the back on the ramp is who I think is closest to laying

 

[mommato5chicks]

I am anxiously waiting but wondering if the heat is going to impact. I definitely have one girl that should be laying soon as she has finally turned red. They will be 17.5 weeks tomorrow. My other girls aren't as read so I expect it will be a few more weeks. *the girl in the back on the ramp is who I think is closest to laying

What beautiful girls you have! It's exciting watching them grow and turn red because they get to pay rent! Hahaha and then you get yummy eggs!!!

 

[Gremores]

Thank you! Now if they would lay already

 

[AldenK]

It's just all a waiting game