LizStreithorst
08-19-2018, 03:56 PM
The day old chicks I got on April 4th have gotten quite large. Their wattles and combs are blood red. One pullet in particular had hooked up with the most polite of my roosters. The others run like hell when a rooster gives them the look.
For the past several days, this pullet has been sneaking in the house and rummaging around in the office making a racket knocking things over. I'd always shoo her out. Only my older hens are allowed in the house. It looked like she was looking for a place to lay but she's not even 5 months old yet! They mostly start around 6 months.
I didn't realize that she was inside this morning until I heard this surprised chicken cackling like crazy. The racket was coming from the bedroom. I looked on the bed and there were these two little bitty eggs. She had laid two!
The pic is of her two eggs, one slightly larger than the other next to an egg laid by a mature hen.
For the past several days, this pullet has been sneaking in the house and rummaging around in the office making a racket knocking things over. I'd always shoo her out. Only my older hens are allowed in the house. It looked like she was looking for a place to lay but she's not even 5 months old yet! They mostly start around 6 months.
I didn't realize that she was inside this morning until I heard this surprised chicken cackling like crazy. The racket was coming from the bedroom. I looked on the bed and there were these two little bitty eggs. She had laid two!
The pic is of her two eggs, one slightly larger than the other next to an egg laid by a mature hen.