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[jan12]

My EE pullets are starting to lay at 24 weeks. I just found an egg from a second layer today! The strange looking oblong egg is the newest layer's egg. Now I have a pink and blue layer!

 

[Vamvakas]

Oh, ffs I was looking forward for the CT show cause that would of been my first at that show... North Haven sounds good not to far away from me also why not look into Durham Fairgrounds? Idk who owns it but they got good size show rooms you might be able rent for the day.

 

[ll]

My EE pullets are starting to lay at 24 weeks. I just found an egg from a second layer today! The strange looking oblong egg is the newest layer's egg. Now I have a pink and blue layer!

 

[jan12]

Thanks! I'm just happy they're finally laying...

 

[new chick 203]

My EE pullets are starting to lay at 24 weeks. I just found an egg from a second layer today! The strange looking oblong egg is the newest layer's egg. Now I have a pink and blue layer!

That's great. My 34 week old Cochins haven't started yet! They will probably wait till Spring, lay one egg and go broody.

 

[Apdeb]

Anyone near me with an incubator??? I want to hatch a few buckeyes

 

[nimopiba]

I GOT MY FIRST EGG!!!

I went in the coop this morning and there it was! It was probably laid yesterday but I don't care!

I got an EGG!!!!!

I went out to the coop when I came home this evening and there weren't any more but from now on I'm gonna be like a bloodhound on the hunt for eggs!


HAHAHAHA I am soooooooooo friggin excited I was doing my own little egg song and dance this morning. My husband was laughing at me because I was so excited. Now I have 1 egg in my egg carton. LOL

 

[new chick 203]

I GOT MY FIRST EGG!!!

I went in the coop this morning and there it was! It was probably laid yesterday but I don't care!

I got an EGG!!!!!

I went out to the coop when I came home this evening and there weren't any more but from now on I'm gonna be like a bloodhound on the hunt for eggs!


HAHAHAHA I am soooooooooo friggin excited I was doing my own little egg song and dance this morning. My husband was laughing at me because I was so excited. Now I have 1 egg in my egg carton. LOL

That's great!

 

[ll]

I GOT MY FIRST EGG!!!

I went in the coop this morning and there it was! It was probably laid yesterday but I don't care!

I got an EGG!!!!!

I went out to the coop when I came home this evening and there weren't any more but from now on I'm gonna be like a bloodhound on the hunt for eggs!


HAHAHAHA I am soooooooooo friggin excited I was doing my own little egg song and dance this morning. My husband was laughing at me because I was so excited. Now I have 1 egg in my egg carton. LOL

Now don't be going out into the cold every hour to check... they lay approximately an hour later each day.......

The rule of thumb is they lay an egg every 25 hours, but different
breeds and for that matter different individuals within a breed have
their own schedule typically 25-30 hours. I have some hens who are early
morning layers and I have some who wouldn't be caught in a nest box
before 10am. At the other end of the day they generally stop laying for
the day within 2 hours before roost up for the night. This is where
then whole thing about using artificial light comes in to play in the
winter time to "lengthen" the "laying day". Just stating that point to
give you insight into the biology involved, please not to open the
debate about the pros and cons of using lights in a timer in the winter
time Deal..I won't.

Lets look at a hypothetical chicken schedule. lets say your hen has a
26 hour clock and lays her first egg in her "new" cycle at 9 AM on
Monday , Tuesday she will lay at 11AM, Wednesday at 1PM and Thursday at
3PM ...On Friday you might expect her to lay at 5PM but since this is
getting close to roost up a 6:30PM ..she will hold off and lay instead
at 9AM on Saturday.starting the next cycle. Ahh that explains why I
thought for a while the time was reversing.

Too some degree the hens can decide to hold on to the eggs for any
number of reasons thus delaying and moving the whole schedule to the
right. Let say Henny-Penny is sitting in the nest box at 2:30 pm
thinking about her 3 PM egg when you walk in to do some chores in the
coop..She gets all agitated by your presence, jumps down and runs
outside skipping her 3 PM egg and holding on to it till 9AM the next
day. If I had disturbed Henny-Penny at an 11AM laying she will likely
come back and lay the egg later the same day ( say noon ), her 26 hour
clock is reset by the act of laying the egg and tomorrow she will lay at
2PM.

Pullets are less predictable to be sure and it takes months for their
schedules to settle in. As I said the cycle time varies from individual
to individuation. You can set a watch by my Australorps who are 25 hour
layers. I have one Ameraucana who has a 30 hour cycle, and I have a 3
year Buff Orpington with a 27 hour clock who lays 4oz eggs that it
hurts to look at. She lays for a week or two then takes a month break
...lays for another two weeks and takes a break ... I guess I would too,
it cant be any fun for a 7lb hen to be laying eggs the size of goose eggs.

So the only constant is the "no laying 2 hours before roost time" rule
which also gets earlier as the days shorten.
^the above was copy/pasted - tyvm to the chick who typed it out!

 

[nimopiba]

Now don't be going out into the cold every hour to check... they lay approximately an hour later each day.......

The rule of thumb is they lay an egg every 25 hours, but different

  breeds and for that matter different individuals within a breed have

  their own schedule typically 25-30 hours. I have some hens who are early

  morning layers and I have some who wouldn't be caught in a nest box

  before 10am. At the other end of the day they generally stop laying for

  the day within 2 hours before roost up for the night. This is where

  then whole thing about using artificial light comes in to play in the

  winter time to "lengthen" the "laying day". Just stating that point to

give you insight into the biology involved, please not to open the

  debate about the pros and cons of using lights in a timer in the winter

  time Deal..I won't.


  Lets look at a hypothetical chicken schedule. lets say your hen has a

  26 hour clock and lays her first egg in her "new" cycle at 9 AM on

  Monday , Tuesday she will lay at 11AM, Wednesday at 1PM and Thursday at

  3PM ...On Friday you might expect her to lay at 5PM but since this is

  getting close to roost up a 6:30PM ..she will hold off and lay instead

  at 9AM on Saturday.starting the next cycle. Ahh that explains why I

  thought for a while the time was reversing.


  Too some degree the hens can decide to hold on to the eggs for any

  number of reasons thus delaying and moving the whole schedule to the

  right. Let say Henny-Penny is sitting in the nest box at 2:30 pm

  thinking about her 3 PM egg when you walk in to do some chores in the

  coop..She gets all agitated by your presence, jumps down and runs

  outside skipping her 3 PM egg and holding on to it till 9AM the next

  day. If I had disturbed Henny-Penny at an 11AM laying she will likely

  come back and lay the egg later the same day ( say noon ), her 26 hour

  clock is reset by the act of laying the egg and tomorrow she will lay at

  2PM.


  Pullets are less predictable to be sure and it takes months for their

  schedules to settle in. As I said the cycle time varies from individual

  to individuation. You can set a watch by my Australorps who are 25 hour

  layers. I have one Ameraucana who has a 30 hour cycle, and I have a 3

  year Buff Orpington with a 27 hour clock who lays 4oz eggs that it

  hurts to look at. She lays for a week or two then takes a month break

  ...lays for another two weeks and takes a break ... I guess I would too,

  it cant be any fun for a 7lb hen to be laying eggs the size of goose eggs.

 

So the only constant is the "no laying 2 hours before roost time" rule

which also gets earlier as the days shorten.  
^the above was copy/pasted - tyvm to the chick who typed it out!

The egg carton is plastic. Thanks for the info. I guess I won't be disappointed if I don't find one every day!