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Crowing
Squatting is when a pullet drops down on her belly suddenly. It's a submissive behavior indicating that the pullet is reaching maturity.
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I got my first egg yesterday afternoon! I was super excited, even jumping up and down. my daughter who is 11 thought I was crazy...I have 21 hens and they are either 22 weeks old and 20 week old hens. Can anyone tell me how long after the first egg will she lay again?
I ran into the grocery store to pick up a few things this morning. Man did it feel good to walk by that egg cooler without stopping to pick up my usual carton of 18. So far we have gotten 6 eggs over the past 4 days. I think we have two hens laying as of today with three more Buff O's waiting in the wings and two Welsummers that should be starting any time now. No problem with them being small at this point. DH and I are the only ones eating eggs so they will work well for us.
Hello . This n is my first time on here and my first flock. We have had chicks before but never kept them. Always gave them to farmers. Now we decided to keep these 9 hens. We got them Easter weekend they were a few days old. They have 4 roost I ng boxes that I have tried to put wood chips in. They kick them out and poop in their. I just put straw in there for the first time. They kicked that out too. What am I not doing or doing wrong?