EileenH Posted September 11, 2008 Share Posted September 11, 2008 I`ve had my two chooks from Omlet for five weeks now. Beauty, a Pepperpot started to lay two weeks ago and has produced an egg every day since. However, Ginger, (a gingernut ranger) shows no sign of laying. She eats and drinks and poos normally and is lively and inquisitive but no eggs! Is this usual? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve. Posted September 11, 2008 Share Posted September 11, 2008 Yes it's usual. Audrey only started to lay two months after delivery She started to lay about two weeks after she started to squat. Does Ginger squat / what colour and size are her wattle and comb? Is her face red? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jools+6 Posted September 11, 2008 Share Posted September 11, 2008 dipper still isn't laying and we've had the girls since june . but we can see her hormonal flushes and her once non existant comb is getting bigger so hopefully we'll be gettting a round half dozen eggs a day some time soon but i won't hold my breath !! lazy chook Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted September 11, 2008 Share Posted September 11, 2008 Quite normal . They just suit themselves, these chickens . You'll just have to be patient. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EileenH Posted September 11, 2008 Author Share Posted September 11, 2008 She doesn`t really squat - sits idly in the run sometimes - smallish comb - not so red as Beauty`s. I`ll just wait then. Thanks folks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nikplus Posted September 11, 2008 Share Posted September 11, 2008 We got our first egg today, from Barbara, who is 21 weeks old. She did a lot of squatting last night, and still more this morning until it dropped out, quite unexpectedly I think, in the middle of the run. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrs chook Posted September 11, 2008 Share Posted September 11, 2008 I'm wondering the same with mine, both 23 weeks this weekend and both scarper if you go near. They are bigger, braver (ish ), redder etc etc but still no eggs as yet I wouldn't mind but out of my other two (older ones) , one had 'retired' I think and the other lays when she can be bothered so that they can both devour it I sometimes wonder who REALLY is in charge??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruth1 Posted September 11, 2008 Share Posted September 11, 2008 Im wondering exactly the same about my girls, Esme started laying at 23 weeks good girl that she is, however the remaining 6 who are all now between 23 - 25 weeks not an egg 4 of them are sporting impressive combs and wattles but as for crouching I cant get close enough to tell. I live in hope Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seagazer Posted September 11, 2008 Share Posted September 11, 2008 Well I've had my 3 Omlet girls since 10th May - Butch laid in June, Flo laid in July so I had great hopes for August - but still no egg from Ginger and we're in September! She was about to get a telling off but this week she has gone very red, her comb and wattle have got bigger and she has started crouching - hallelujah I was beginning to think she might be a confused cockeral! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maccbean Posted September 12, 2008 Share Posted September 12, 2008 I've had my pullets for three weeks this Sunday and no eggs as yet. I've been waiting for signs and wondering if the laying around they do in the afternoon was a sign of crouching, but now I know it wasn't. Normally they run away when I try to stroke them, but yesterday my Snow White stopped and sort of froze in a bowed position, it was very plain to see that she was crouching, and she's done it each time I've been in the run. I do hope I get my first egg very soon, as the anticipation is driving me mad! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve. Posted September 12, 2008 Share Posted September 12, 2008 I've had my pullets for three weeks this Sunday and no eggs as yet. I've been waiting for signs and wondering if the laying around they do in the afternoon was a sign of crouching, but now I know it wasn't. Normally they run away when I try to stroke them, but yesterday my Snow White stopped and sort of froze in a bowed position, it was very plain to see that she was crouching, and she's done it each time I've been in the run. I do hope I get my first egg very soon, as the anticipation is driving me mad! Probably take a couple of weeks still! Hang in there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maccbean Posted September 12, 2008 Share Posted September 12, 2008 Oh no, days, please, days Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve. Posted September 12, 2008 Share Posted September 12, 2008 Oh no, days, please, days We were the same. My thinking was ... we've waited 30+ years ... a few more days is not a problem! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mumsvoice Posted September 12, 2008 Share Posted September 12, 2008 Got my two ladies at the start of August - have had an egg a day from the pepperpot for 4 weeks now but still no egg from gingernut. some day ......................... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
