It's been a while since I posted about the chickens so I thought it was time for an update. The girls hit the big 4-month mark a couple weeks ago - so of course we celebrated. Dunk tanks, clowns, a multi-tiered coming of age cake... you name it. Nothing's too good for our poultry.
Now we just wait. You see, all the books say chickens usually start laying between 4 and 6 months of age -- and although I'm feeling a bit cynical and am betting we bought a bunch of late bloomers in February, I can still hope.
To mark the occasion we filled the nesting boxes with chopped straw and dropped a couple plastic golf balls in there as a subtle hint to their subconscious minds.
We previously had closed off the boxes because the younger chickens at the bottom of the pecking order would try to roost on the lip and would then poop inside it. Dumb chickens. Apparently you can't train chickens though (much to my chagrin) so we just covered the box entries until I felt the chickens were mature enough to handle the extra space and responsibility ;)
So far, so good. Now I just need some pullet eggs, y'all.
Monday, July 2, 2012
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Exciting! One of my students has hens and brought a hard boiled egg to school in his lunch every day. They were so. so. pretty. Every day he would tell us which hen layed it. "This one is from Marble," etc. www.paperstarfish.prettyposies.com
ReplyDeleteI was thinking this was going to be a recipe for beer butt chicken
ReplyDeleteLove the title. Hope they lay eggs soon. I bet this is a lot of work.
ReplyDeleteToo funny, I hope your chicken training goes well, and that they start to lay eggs soon.
ReplyDeleteMy cat was sitting on my shoulder when I read this entry. He saw the part about clowns and a multi-tiered cake and is now demanding an even BETTER birthday party since, after all, he's higher on the food chain. (According to him.) Thanks.
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