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I heard my first egg song from my first chicken yesterday! she had laid two eggs over the last week and she has been really mean to "everyone" she got ahold of one of my teens free ranging the a few weeks ago and scalped my poor girl and she is mean to all the other hens not letting them eat...

Lmbo.... thats hilarious!

mine dont sing either

Lol not to be dismissive but like I said ive done a ton of research and the lights are run along a concreate wall (actually the foundation of my house andthey arent on a timer we physically turn them on in the morning (we are up early anyway) and shut them off (unplug completely) at dawn. I...

Yes I have researched it quite a bit and have already started lengthening their days gradually with christmas lights we have set up in the coop in hopes of increasing egg production being as all 3 of my game pullets are just now about old enough to finally start laying :)

See I thought about doing the plastic egg thing but then I thought about the colors and if my chickens would be that stupid or be like "ur crazy lady what the hell" lol melody is obviously got it figured out but ive been leaving one behind in hopes my two other pullets see them and would be...

So I free ranged my older chickens for the first time yesterday!!!! In my halfway fenced in town small back yard 1/4 to 1/2 acre maybe, Not for very long. I let them out about 30 mins before dusk and watchedthem closely and "hearded them" with my 11yr old daughter Brooklyn where about we wanted...

thats good to know.... question.... is it important to always leave an egg in the box so she will keep laying there?

So after finding melodys 3 eggs in the dog house and all the work I did closing off the dog house and putting in nesting boxes she skipped a day and then laid yesterday (where she was supposed too...Yay!) Then skipped today... is that common? Im not upset just wondering and ready for my other...

Yummm lasagna. .. im so ready for my other two to start laying also and for melody to get regular the extra food around here would really help..

Interesting

So true.... I had to disappear for a week for mine to start laying lol

Is this a normal occourance? Im curious I've never heard of chickens laying at night....

I thought they were pretty small but it might just be the pics.... or my inexperience these are my first eggs ever :) now we gotta get some more :) I read about making the days longer to keep them laying in winter so I strung christmas lights through the back of the pen and will be manually...

So they all still tried to sleep in the dog box even though I spent all evening crafting them a ( if I do say so myself) very functional roost!!!! I tried to just block it off with the piece of metal out of the bottom of my old bird cage but melody (i think may be my layer) climbed it the 4in...

WOW!!! LOOK AT ALL THOSE EGGS... SHEESH!

much happier chickens :) ... I've rearranged ill show new pics tomorrow

Still no song and no more eggs yet but I modified my makeshift under the porch pen today and added two new "nesting boxes" still working on the roost placement but I'm going to block the dog house at night she used to lay her first three because they have been sleeping in there, hence my dirty...

compared to large store bought eggs

sorry forgot pics