12 weeks old!! (No eggs yet)

Anytime anyone asks us about our chickens, the first thing they wAnt to know is, “do you have eggs yet?” The short answer is no, but we will very soon. Hens begin laying eggs between 16 and 20 weeks of age and ours turn 12 weeks old Monday. So between Halloween and Thanksgiving we should be getting our first eggs. We will get mostly brown eggs, but our two Easter Eggers (Tigress and Minnie Pearl) will lay green or blue eggs!

Here are some updated pictures. Their 12week shots. 😉

Free-range foraging in the backyard

Slowly but surely, we have been letting our girls out of the coop for short little jaunts so that they can enjoy pecking and scratching around in the grass. We have eight hens. but right now, because of very nearby hawks, are only taking a couple out of time so we can stay with them. They really seem to love it but the other girls are either very jealous or very confused when they’re out!

Check out the video!!