ruby Posted December 2, 2008 Share Posted December 2, 2008 or rather - lack of we have had our ladies over a month now and still no egg. I keep telling my husband to be patient - but I am about ready to wring his neck (which I suppose lets the chooks off ) if he asks one more time when I come in from the cold each morning. are we going to get any soon - or should I give up and go and buy some!! shaggy scobby or should I wrong the kids necks - who named the ladies after boys... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welsh sarah Posted December 2, 2008 Share Posted December 2, 2008 hi how old are they and what sort of chickens are they sarah Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruby Posted December 2, 2008 Author Share Posted December 2, 2008 we got them as a set for omlet, so as standard for the 'started pack' we have a Miss peperpot and a ginger ranger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigmommasally Posted December 2, 2008 Share Posted December 2, 2008 Hi ruby It will all depend on their age, whether they are pure bred or hybrid and of course this time of year everything slows down. I have 3 hybrids that started laying between 22 & 25 weeks, my Orpington was 32 weeks before she laid her first egg and my Silkie is now 35 weeks and still hasn't laid! Hope you get one soon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welsh sarah Posted December 2, 2008 Share Posted December 2, 2008 are they crouching when you go near sarah Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alih Posted December 2, 2008 Share Posted December 2, 2008 'fraid to say I got mine at the beginning of November too and they didn't lay until well into the new year - it's the down side of getting chooks in the winter months... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KAZAROO Posted December 3, 2008 Share Posted December 3, 2008 Ive been waiting since August when my girls arrived at POL.... I am now- and for the last two weeks getting 5 eggs a day...Ive got eggs coming out my ears Be patient! You will be well rewarded!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cordelia Posted December 3, 2008 Share Posted December 3, 2008 mine are...28 weeks old this week, oh and 27 weeks for Henrietta...still no eggs...One looks like she could lay soon...red wattles..and comb...the others dont... I live in hope...but we've had ours since August...so I've had to stem the excitement for eggs a bit, and just love the birds. good luck, hope yours lay soon (mine are pure breeds so will take longer usually anyway) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnowWhite Posted December 3, 2008 Share Posted December 3, 2008 Mine were sold as POL but frankly they are all at different ages, some have only just grown the first stump of a comb! I have one girl laying and another I think may be close as her wattles are now fluorescing red at me from the end of the garden! Bo was laying an egg a day, but that's dropped to one every third day now that it is cold and dark. We were talking about the general lack of eggs the other night. I think because I don't know the ages of the individual birds, I'm not fretting about a lack of eggs and setting expectations based on their age. I think we'll all have to accept that there may not be any eggs until the spring Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
