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I've been reading a lot on the forum about crouching and how you may be able to tell if your girls are ready to lay.

 

I'm still confused though - Florence didn't crouch at all before she started laying although her face did get very red - The other two girls have been playing a bit of a game with me I think as they keep going quite red then being quite pale again. :?:

 

I have noticed though that they do keep "crouching". Now, I'm not sure if this is actual crouching as described in various threads, or if this is something entirely different, as what they are actually doing is kind of putting their chins on the floor and walking backwards whilst sticking their rears in the air :!: It's quite entertaining to watch though as they always end up bumping into something! :lol::lol:

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The red face thing I have had two with two of my pure breeds, they are bright red one day then pale again the next. With them I think its cause they are mature enough to lay hance the mature redness but its the wrong time of year for them to actaully lay. Is it pure breeds or hybrids that are doing this for you?

 

With the crouching I found it hard to tell at irst and mistook funny behavior for crouching, but I found the sure fire way was to make a quite swift downward motion with my outstretched hand towards them, and if they are crouching they squat and sort of put their wings out to the sides as if waiting for you to board and sort of 'freeze'. If they are not crouching then just just peg it as soon as I go near them lol!

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Hi, Clover, our cream legbar hybrid has been "blushing" for a few weeks now, she is well and truley ready to lay (36 weeks!) on minute she would be bright red, the next she would be very pale. She's just preparing to lay.

As for crouching, our girls hunch their shoulders up, with their tale on the floor, when we walk past them or go to stroke or pick them up. Although Magic crouches when Gemma (top chook) walks past :roll:.

Not all of our girls crouch though, it depends on the breed I think.

 

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Is it pure breeds or hybrids that are doing this for you?

 

All my girls are pure breeds. I think the "crouching" thing may well just be odd behaviour then as they tend to run away if you try and stroke them unless you happen to have food with you at the time :roll:

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Sorry I just noticed in your sig they are Pekins, they tend to stop laying this time of year, I have a friend who has kept them for a number of years. So it may be that they have reached the maturity hence the red faces, but its to late in teh year for them. Last year my friends laid their last egg on Xmas day and started again early March I believe. So you will prob be waiting till next spring now.

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I have one...Artemis Fowl...a Pepperpot who has never crouched and is almost impossible to catch. I have to resort to using my sons landing net. Quite a sight ...me hurtling around with a net that is bigger than I am!.

 

I only do it if she has got a grotty botty or I think she needs a bit of powder under her arms and around her nether regions.

 

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I wasn't sure how to recognise a crouch or squat but when it happened there was no mistaking it. They do indeed "freeze", flat down on the ground with their elbows (?) stuck out to the side. You can stroke them or pick them up and they don't try to run away at all.

 

I just love the fact that they think we are cockerals - what wee dafties :lol::lol:.

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