*L* They DO set up a row when they lay, don't they? After all, eggs MUST BE PROPERLY WORSHIPPED.

Usually hens will lay an egg every other day, but young hens just coming into lay can be sporadic at first until their egg laying apparatus gets the kinks out. She also may pop out an egg tomorrow, it's not uncommon. Expect anything. :)

You can encourage the use of the nest boxes by making them as irresistable as possible. Nice deep straw, darkness, a sense of being well-hidden and protected, and privacy are all 'must-have's' for hens. Make other areas too open and exposed. I have a curtain of black landscape cloth over the openings of my nests, with a split up the middle. This gives them a nice, private, dark hidey-hole but the landscape cloth allows air to circulate so it's not too hot in there.

Congrats on the egg! :) Wait untill the OTHER girls join in on the Egg Song next time, you'll think the world is ending with all that noise. *L*

Velvet ~:>

I have one hen who makes a cackle that sounds exactly like a woman laughing, a throaty hearty laugh, and she keeps it up for several minutes as if she keeps remembering a really great joke she'd been told. It's very contagious & gets us all laughing whenever we hear her.

I should rent her out to be a part of sit-com studio audiences, or comedy clubs on amateur nights. 8-D

Carol in Fla.