I also am kind of like kuntrygirl but I also have another trick. I go at it kind of like the drug dealers. I give em the first dozen free. They are hooked and will be back for more fresh egg "fixes".
Well seems the best we can do is 14 from 15 but one of our new pullets is broody already so I don't think she counts!
That kind of makes it a perfect day doesn't it?
Plus one tiny egg from my little OEGB.
OK so any idea what happened here ?? I thought all of my girls had been laying. But then today we got this. Just for comparison the egg on the left is from my OEGB, the one on the right is from one of the other girls. But the one in the middle ..... could it be a first egg or do ya think it is a...
Jen4 That is a nice egg but looks kind of big to be a first egg based on what my new pullets started off like. My RIR eggs are darker than that but I suppose it could be.
13 eggs from 3 hens and 12 23 week pullets today. Tomorrow it will be 13 + 1 from my 21 week OEGB. She only lays every other day, but they are the cutest tiny little perfect eggs. My buff brama banty roo is slacking though. I am still waiting for him to give me my first rooster eggs.
our new pullets started laying at 17 weeks ( July 2) and have been gaining since. This is a pic of what we got today. Total of 14 from 15 hens (one of which is broody so she don't count). Today we also got the first egg from our OEGB that is 2 days shy of 20 weeks. The bottom row shows the...