catherinedon Posted January 8, 2011 Share Posted January 8, 2011 DD says that Sally the bluebell crouched for her today. very exciting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouldercroft Posted January 8, 2011 Share Posted January 8, 2011 Korma has been crouching for almost 2 weeks and still no I hope it works out for you.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mollie333 Posted January 8, 2011 Share Posted January 8, 2011 Hope for eggs soon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jill the potter Posted January 8, 2011 Share Posted January 8, 2011 when I saw this I wanted to add hidden dragon!! Margot been laying for 3 weeks, but has never crouched!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sari Posted January 8, 2011 Share Posted January 8, 2011 when I saw this I wanted to add hidden dragon!! Margot been laying for 3 weeks, but has never crouched!!! Me too!! Except. more like Crouching Chicken-Hidden Fox.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jill the potter Posted January 8, 2011 Share Posted January 8, 2011 when I saw this I wanted to add hidden dragon!! Margot been laying for 3 weeks, but has never crouched!!! Me too!! Except. more like Crouching Chicken-Hidden Fox.... nice one Sari - but in my case it's 'hidden big black cat from next door" he keeps chasing poor Barbara who doesn't seem to know how to fend him off!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Plum Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 when I saw this I wanted to add hidden dragon!! Margot been laying for 3 weeks, but has never crouched!!! me three Coot crouched last week as well but no eggs yet but she has gone in the nest box once or twice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jill the potter Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 Cooo, Barbara crouched this morning. I wonder how long it will be before we have a 3 egg day!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouldercroft Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 no yet... I have a theory...they will wait until I go on vacation in a few weeks time...and I'll miss my first egg in person I'm dropping them and off at a friends house for a week - probably because they are so fed-up of me going in there and talking to them about the egg situation everyday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercedes55 Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 Our Cream Legbar has never crouched, mind you it's quite hard to get close to her as she is very skittish. However she has started laying lovely blue eggs, so guess she was ready but just wasn't going to let us know Our Salmon Favorelle on the other hand had been crouching for weeks before she decided to start laying. I think they are just trying to confuse us Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catherinedon Posted January 14, 2011 Author Share Posted January 14, 2011 surprise surprise there was a very new looking egg in the nest yest and again today bigger than the others. its brown not as dark as maran but darker and bigger than light sussex its gotta be my bluebell Rose this coincides with my silkie an sussex becoming broodie and stopping laying so instead of 5 layers I have 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plum Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 Well done Rose No eggs from Coot yet but she's on antibiotics so I couldn't eat it anyway if she did lay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jill the potter Posted January 15, 2011 Share Posted January 15, 2011 OH found an egg in the run the afternoon, and since we had one this morning from Margot it must be Barbara!!!! Not sure why it's in the run, perhaps she was surprised by it!!! Although a bit disappointed as I thought because she is crossed with a cream legbar we might have got a tinted egg Still they're all the same when you fry them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plum Posted January 15, 2011 Share Posted January 15, 2011 Shame still good excuse to get another Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jill the potter Posted January 17, 2011 Share Posted January 17, 2011 second egg from Barbara this morning - again in the run - How do I encourage her to lay in the next box, or do some chickens never get the hang of this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeMeadfan Posted January 17, 2011 Share Posted January 17, 2011 I think when they're first coming in to lay they can get 'caught out'! My Bluebelle did this a couple of times or laid one on the roosting bars. As I have an Eglu run to try & get the egg was an interesting mission!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouldercroft Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 after 3 weeks of crouching korma laid her first in the nesting area how do they know where to lay? I didn't get my chickens pre-programmed from Omlet... I think they must have access to the internet to see the plans Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jill the potter Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 Yay for first egg!!! Obviously my Barbara hasn't read the plans - another egg in the run today - slap bang in a huge dollop of runny poo! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouldercroft Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 Yay for first egg!!! Obviously my Barbara hasn't read the plans - another egg in the run today - slap bang in a huge dollop of runny poo! I'll check tonight to see if Korma really did read the plans or if it was beginners luck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
