I thought the same thing and was disappointed that they weren't interested. I guess they just needed to look at it a bit longer because they devoured it in about an hour -- then I got them a cabbage, gone before noon. 11 chickens.
I voted. We have 4 Cinnamon Queens that seemed to be our first to lay this week 22 weeks old, 4 Buff Orp just starting to lay 22 weeks old (same age as Queens), 3 EE not laying yet 22 weeks old. We have 3 bantams, a Polish and 2 Cochins, they are now over 8 months old and still nothing.
We got 6 chicks the first of April and got our first egg about 2 weeks ago. Pretty exciting stuff. The first of August we got 15 new babies (I hope pullets) from Cackle Factory: Cinnamon Queen, EE, Barred Rock. They are coming along nicely and everyone seems healthy.
We are using Apple Cider...