Who else is waiting the impossible wait?

[Tiss]

5/8 of my 21 week pullets are laying. I'm getting impatient for the other 3.

 

[oesdog]

I've been waiting for my pregnant daughter to LAY since November last year!

- Still waiting! -

She says she would rather be a chicken and lay an egg!

Oesdog -

My chicks are 8 and 9 weeks old - long way to go yet! No eggs for ages !

 

[Kanders]

Hottest day of the year here and one of my BRs was in the coop this afternoon scratching in one of the nesting boxes like she was trying to dig her way out. I kept peeking around the corner to watch. She would look at me and pant, then turn around and dig some more. I was really worried about her because of the heat. I checked later and she made a nice nest, but no egg. She does that squatting thing when I reach out to pet her too. Hopefully, it will cool down after this front moves through and the girls will be good to go. I have a small pool for them to wade in. I put a frozen water jug out in front of the fan and I run ice cold treats out as often as I can. Still waiting for the egg song.

 

[Tiss]

LOL, oesdog! Good luck with the grandbaby!

 

[sheaviance1]

Me "Whoopi, please lay an egg"
Whoopi "Cluuuuuuuuck"
Me "You have to stop freeloading sometime"
Whoopi "Buk"
Me "It may not be a big deal to you, but it has become an obsession to me"
Whoopi "nothing, distant sound of crickets chirping"
Me "C'mon Whoopi, you have an extremely large red comb, red wattles, you are squatting, you are a big girl now, it's time to lay an egg"
Whoopi "Buk"
Me "Sobbing hysterically, everyone else on BYC's chickens are laying, if they can do it, so can you"
Whoopi "Look woman, hand over the raisin, nobody gets hurt"

 

[SunnyDawn]

I have 4 sets. The number 1s are all laying and are over a year old. The number 2s have just started laying (tiny little pullet eggs) and are 22 weeks. But since niether of my 2 EEs are laying green eggs I am very anxious for the number threes to start laying so I can get some green eggs as well as more dark eggs (3 EEs, 2 welsummers and 1 marans). I am even more excited about my number 4s since I have a few pure-bred ameraucanas and I am wanting to see the first blue egg soooo badly! They are only 15 weeks though (and Ams are slow to mature) so I have a while to wait.

 

[Azriel]

I got my girls about a month ago, at that time they were about 14-16 weeks. 5 red sex links, 5 buff orpingtons. No eggs yet. 2 of the sex links combs are getting very red and larger, does that mean they are getting close? I know that the orpingtons will be later, but thought the sex links should be laying by now. These are my first chickens as an adult. We had chickens when I was a very young child but don't remember when they would start laying.

 

[HHandbasket]

Last year, a pair of finches built a nest on my front porch, laid a clutch of 5 eggs, raised them and chased them off. Six months ago, they recycled the same nest and laid 5 more eggs, raised 4 of the babies (they kicked one out ... it looked sickly), then flew off. A smaller finch, which I believe to be one of the youngsters from the last brood, has returned, laid 4 eggs, and is brooding them now.

My DH took a picture of the egg-filled nest with his cell phone, took it out in the back yard, popped up the picture and held his cell phone out at the chickens and said, "See that? Why can't you do that? Huh? Everybody else is layin' eggs around here, why can't you?" He's a very silly man with a bizarre sense of humor.

But apparently I'm the crazy one for talking to the chickens...

 

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[BoerneChickens]

ARGH! Still no eggs! My EE Amelia has been doing the egg squat and song for over two weeks - still nothing! She goes into the nest box, sits for awhile, then jumps out - runs across the yard and acts like a nut all day. She is hilarious - I am starting to wonder if she knows she is teasing us! Her brooder mate Pouf is starting to catch up to her and jsut started the egg squat yesterday - but I am wondering if she is going to hold out for weeks too! ARGH! Eggs girls - come on - help me here! I'm dying to know what color we are going to get!