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hi all

don't know what's happened, on tuesday got my first two eggs, nothing since. yesterday one went in and made circles and stayed in house for around 20 minutes but nothing. the same hen done this two days before i got my first eggs? i thought that they carried on when they had started to lay?? has this irregular laying when they first start to lay happened to anyone else?

Hi
Don't worry, this is normal. It takes a while for them to settle into a pattern. Sometimes the even lay in the late afternoon or evening!

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Don't worry, it takes a while to get into a proper rhythm - all these teenage hormones etc

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View my blog - http://chooksandveggies.blogspot.com/ updated November 1st 2008

Mine first one started laying a couple of weeks ago and missing the odd day at first, then she seemed to settle into a pattern of laying in the morning one day, the afternoon the following and then having a day off. She's just managed an egg every day for the last 3 days.