Happy New Year!
It has been in the low 20\'s for a while now, and was around 14 last night, but my Black/Lavender split pullets from Jean are beginning to lay at 7 & 1/2 months old! No heat in the coops either, so I\'m trilled with them! I\'m definately looking forward to putting them in the breeding pen with the better of my 2 Lavender boys (from John) soon. The eggs are a nice blue too.
John, by the way, I told you that I wound up with 6 chicks from your B/L split eggs, and that either 2 or 3 looked like males, but looks like only one was a male after all. The other two are just bigger girls with thicker legs, so I was fooled. One female does have a crooked toe though, so I\'m thinking that maybe she should go into the EE pen anyway. What do you think? She is one of the larger girls, and has a really great beard too, but that toe worries me.