The girls finally came through!! They are around 9 months old now...we were told they would start laying at 5 months. They are buff Orphingtons, a large breed, and from what we have read the larger breeds take longer to start. We found a dozen eggs under one of the sheds, one of the chickens was sitting on them. We don't know if there are other caches anywhere but so far we haven't found any. We leave them in the coop now until later in the morning in hopes they will leave them there. We are going to try to give them bigger nesting boxes. We have't built the hen house yet so they are still spending there nights in Ace's old kennel. They are also becoming very friendly, enjoying being pet. They especially like a scratch at the base of their tail!
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