argent13uk Posted March 12, 2008 Share Posted March 12, 2008 Hello all We have had our chickens for 4 weeks now and finding them really easy too look after and clean up after. My daughter is becoming an expert chicken wrangler and doesn't even cry any more if they peck her. But we are still waiting for that first egg. I am getting fed up of people asking me if they have layed yet as i am so impatient myself. I am going away for the week soon and it will be sods law that they start to lay whilst we are away! How long after getting chickens did people receive thier first egg? Tiffany Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Posted March 12, 2008 Share Posted March 12, 2008 Babs laid the next day after arriving, Laverne after a week and Shirley waited nearly 3 months! Do they have combs yet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunshine Posted March 12, 2008 Share Posted March 12, 2008 We are in exactly the same position. We have had ours for 3/4 weeks and no eggs and are going away at Easter for a week so i would put money on one of them laying in that week. I keep looking at their combs but ours don't seem to be very big yet or very red. I guess its just a waiting game. Emma Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarbaraJ Posted March 12, 2008 Share Posted March 12, 2008 I've only had mine 5 days and people are already asking 'any eggs yet' whn i say may be a few weeks their like 'oh' people are so impatient not like me lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
argent13uk Posted March 13, 2008 Author Share Posted March 13, 2008 Cool Chick has a red comb and has had for a while. What does the comb colour mean? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 A bright red comb means that they are in lay or are about to lay. Is she squatting at all? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farrowy Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 Hullo Our Omlet girlies arrived on the 1st August and their first egg came on 1st October ! It was 2 Loooooooong months checking everyday for that first My hubby found their first egg and brought it into the house - at first I wasn't sure if he was winding me up with one from the kitchen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...