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Post by suesbird on Dec 17, 2014 16:20:03 GMT
Yeh! Well done, keep it up
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Post by Hezz on Dec 18, 2014 1:03:58 GMT
Good news again, EGG No. 2 has been laid. I promise not to send a post every time an egg is laid from now on!! Bet you can't!!! Because, you will have to let us know when Georgie joins the egg-production chain-gang.
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Post by stace on Dec 18, 2014 4:00:15 GMT
Good news again, EGG No. 2 has been laid. I promise not to send a post every time an egg is laid from now on!! Ooooh. She's on a roll now!
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Post by samwiseg on Dec 18, 2014 8:27:53 GMT
I agree with Hezz! LOL! Common' Georgie, come and join the big girls
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Post by milliej on Dec 18, 2014 16:52:10 GMT
How proud you must be and ......have you had one for breakfast yet? I bet the taste is sooo different to shop bought ones? I presume you're eating them and not keeping them for.....whatever reason!! (to hatch). Now there's a thought, if they hatched you'd have more chickens....oh but no cock bird so....they'll be infertile! I think I read somewhere
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Post by Hezz on Dec 19, 2014 0:25:58 GMT
No, Jean, no chicks. No rooster=no chicks.
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Post by Shirls on Dec 19, 2014 8:46:11 GMT
Look at this then (broken promise already) this is what I had to do for Bea yesterday: Bea was frantic for hours looking for somewhere to lay and wrecked the shed, so I set this up, IN the shed for her and she settled straight away. What we have to do for our birds aye???
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Post by suesbird on Dec 19, 2014 8:47:52 GMT
The things you have to do
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Post by starlingqueen on Dec 19, 2014 10:22:30 GMT
Shirls, you do realise she will always want to lay in the same place? The problem will come when her laying times change or you are out and she can't access the shed and her "nest box". Can you put the basket in her coop? If she is looking for somewhere to lay yo have to encourage her to go where you want her to.
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Post by Shirls on Dec 20, 2014 15:10:24 GMT
Yes Wendy, I twigged that this morning. I had to go out today and Bea was frantically looking for her 'nest' and I kept the shed shut as I couldn't let her start in there and go out leaving her out in the garden. So I moved the basket into the run and she went in there straight away. I was then able to go out, closing both chooks in the run. When I came back I had a lovely 'new' present in the basket. There is a lot to learn with these chickens isn't there? Tell me tho, will both my chooks want to lay in there or do they all choose their own favourite places? As I shall be getting more chooks next year.
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Post by starlingqueen on Dec 20, 2014 17:00:03 GMT
Yes Wendy, I twigged that this morning. I had to go out today and Bea was frantically looking for her 'nest' and I kept the shed shut as I couldn't let her start in there and go out leaving her out in the garden. So I moved the basket into the run and she went in there straight away. I was then able to go out, closing both chooks in the run. When I came back I had a lovely 'new' present in the basket. There is a lot to learn with these chickens isn't there? Tell me tho, will both my chooks want to lay in there or do they all choose their own favourite places? As I shall be getting more chooks next year. All mine share the same nest box. I have 2 but they all lay in the same one. Can get a bit frantic at times, if they all want to lay but they seem to sort it out and they don't all lay at the same time usually.
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Post by samwiseg on Dec 21, 2014 9:09:27 GMT
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Post by Shirls on Dec 23, 2014 8:25:23 GMT
Georgie is fine thank you samwiseg. She hasn't caught Bea up yet with the egg laying. But I'm sure it won't be long. I do however think she looks after Bea, she has shown her 'mother hen' traits before with Poppy. Thank you for asking.
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Post by samwiseg on Dec 23, 2014 9:24:41 GMT
Awww how lovely! You must report (as if I could stop you ) when Georgie starts laying!
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