Who else is waiting for that first egg?

[holly530]

Oh, I guess it's not really an indicator that they are ready to lay:/

 

[junebuggena]

Squatting means they are near laying age, but as for an exact time frame reference, there really is none. It varies from individual to individual.

 

[21hens-incharge]

Our beardless silver duckwing ee has been doing the egg squat. I think she is not quite ready yet but I am very curious what color she will lay.

 

[Thepaddling]

We just found our first eggs when having an evening brew with our girls!!

I'm so excited I feel like a proud mother, I suspect their duck eggs so I hope their welcome on here.

 

[Thepaddling]

We just found our first eggs when having an evening brew with our girls!!

I'm so excited I feel like a proud mother, I suspect their duck eggs so I hope their welcome on here.

 

[Scottw]

Got my first egg yesterday, sadly none today out of my 5 girls....

 

[gvalencia]

We got our 1st egg out of our buff hen yesterday always love it when they start laying

 

[rides2far]

Yesterday we had our 1st egg, but it was soft shelled, laid in the poop tray, & they ate it! Today, after horseback riding, I checked in the coop & could see my black sex link in the nesting box. I tiptoed away & about 15 minutes later

scored our 1st real egg. It's pictured next to a store bought white egg for scale.

 

[jonezjollyfarm]

Saw a few of our girls sitting in one of the nesting boxes today... hope that means they are ready to lay. Every morning when I let them out I tell them to lay me 10 eggs today and they just squawk at me as loud as they can. They are so sassy in the morning.

 

[mechanic57]

12 of my birds are 19 weeks old. Most have red combs and have been squatting for about 2 weeks. Still. No. Eggs. The anticipation is unbearable