Jamesw Posted September 8, 2007 Share Posted September 8, 2007 SAGE OUR WHITE HEN HAS LAID 10 EGGS and the boss hasnt laid any no picture sill from Jamesw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowy Posted September 8, 2007 Share Posted September 8, 2007 Well done Sage! That's unusual, it's usually the first to lay that becomes top chook. Are you sure Onion hasn't made a nest somewhere else? Mine will try and lay under a bush if I let them out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubereglu Posted September 9, 2007 Share Posted September 9, 2007 That's interesting logic Snowy, as when we had just the two starting chickens Henrietta laid first, but she was at the bottom of the pecking order. I expect that the other chicken, (onion) just might not have come into lay yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowy Posted September 9, 2007 Share Posted September 9, 2007 That's interesting Liz. It's only a guess really from what I've observed in my own 'flock' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue and the Spice Girls Posted September 9, 2007 Share Posted September 9, 2007 When my girls came Clove was boss and she started laying first, but Ginger was always being pecked and was at the bottom, until she laid her egg the next day. Cinamon and Pepper then took to being bossed by her! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minky Posted September 10, 2007 Share Posted September 10, 2007 We've had our hens five months and Maude STILL hasn't laid (Hilda laid after about a month after arrival) even tho she's healthy and happy - consensus is she's just much younger - so you could still have a wait yet! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
