My golden comets will not be 4 months old untill the 2nd of September and I got my first egg yesterday.I knew it was them because the others that are the same age are the EE`S.
Got my first pullet egg
gotta love those comets..mine arent 4 mo till the end of this month and they are already laying really good. i couldnt ask for a better laying bird..
congrats!!
cindy
I have ten pullets and nine hens,your right gotta love those golden comets
i have 15 hens and 10 pullets, and its getting hard to tell the difference..they are all looking about the same now..they sure grow fast..yipee more eggs to sell!!
cindy
Congrats green.. that is great news!
OH Green!!! What a thrill, congrats to you!!! They are great birds, I have probably twelve and I love them, they are so gentile and calming. I have five buff minorcas, and they lay huge eggs, but they are the most skittish birds I have ever been around. you can't get within fifty feet and they just run like you have promised to skin them alive. Haystack
Congratulations! I know that thrill. I just had it myself not long ago. I have golden comets too and got my first egg from one. I think she was 16 weeks old.
OK, I'm going to show my ignorance here. What is the difference between a hen and a pullet? I thought pullet was just another word for hen ???
If I`m right I think a pullet isn`t a hen untill she in a year old,anyone correct me if I`m wrong
Nope--you're right. And a male chicken is a cockerel until he is a year old--then he is a rooster.
I`ll be glad to get my first ee`s egg,can`t wait to see the color,most of them are very timid,there is one that looks like a sea gull that likes my dh and will let him pick her up.
Thanks for the explanation. I had no idea.
I now have three pullets (see I learned a new word) laying eggs. One golden comet and two RIR's. They are 18 weeks old now I think.