first egg

  1. V

    My first egg!!!

    Out of my sixteen pullets, I thought my cinnamon queens would lay first and buff orpingtons would lay last. (I have cinnamon queens, buff orpingtons, easter eggers, silver laced black wyandotte, delaware.) However, today i received my first egg from (I'm pretty sure) one of my buff orpingtons...
  2. L

    Who laid this egg?? 😅

    Hey there! Currently we only have two hens, one RIR from McMurray that we raised ourselves and is almostttt 15 weeks I believe (shipped out week of June 3rd and I believe we got them that Thursday), and one that we were told was a 1.5 year old maran (I didn’t ask which kind and we’re newbies to...
  3. T

    Stress after laying first egg?

    I suspect our Ducky may have laid her first egg today. She’s 20 weeks old, an Arctic Blue Egger. I’m not positive, but it’s between her and my Easter Egger that it could be. She’s acting strange to us. She’s still eating fine, but keeps laying down a lot, panting a lot, tail down, and her vent...
  4. M

    Do eggs change color over time?

    My Noir Marans hen just layed her first egg (yay)! I thought Noir Marans were supposed to lay dark chocolate brown eggs but this one is very light brown. Any chance her eggs will darken as she continues to lay or is this the color they'll be forever? Thanks!
  5. teamtmo

    1st Egg! But other Pullets haven’t laid yet. When do I start Layer Feed?

    My 19.5 week old Black Maran laid her first egg this morning! Unfortunately it was crushed soon after because the shell was so soft. My 4 other pullets have not laid any eggs yet. They are all roughly the same age but different breeds. I understand different breeds of chickens start laying at...
  6. KimbosKluckers

    16 weeks, 1st egg

    I really thought 16 weeks was a tad early but I found a wonky, cracked open/eaten egg this morning. Shell was very soft too and partially missing. I started oyster shell 2 weeks ago. I have 3 barred rocks and 3 RIR, one barred rock looks a lot closer to laying than the others, red...
  7. PrettyBirdRocky

    Light Brahma 18 -19 weeks old laid first egg

    I've tried to search and research, and while most say Brahma laying age is between 6-7 months, I did find ONE post that said hatchery pullets can lay early. Ours are 18.5(ish) weeks, gotten from TSC(Hoovers)when they were roughly a week old. Bianca, our reddest of the Light Brahmas has been...
  8. BerthaBoo

    Help! Egg Bound Pullet struggling to get her first egg out

    Hi all, I have a pullet (21 weeks) whose been straining for a few days now, but she was able to defecate, so I wasn't entirely sure if she was egg bound or not, especially because she hasn't started laying yet. Today I saw her straining and saw the egg. I have her in the bath with epsom salts...
  9. newtsdaisies

    Our very 1st Egg!

    When TSC was having their Chick Days, we purchases what we thought were 2 RIR's and 2 barred rocks (all supposed to be pullets). We have been excitedly awaiting our first egg (they turned 18 weeks yesterday) and it was one of our 'Rhode islands' except she laid a blue/green egg so I guess she's...
  10. B

    First Egg!

    One of the 19 week old laid an egg yesterday and hasn’t laid another one today. Is this normal?? They’re all eating and walking around fine, but there’s no egg today.
  11. Cade S

    First egg! (Thinking it's a glitch, but excited anyways)

    One of my light brahmas gave us the adorably small egg. Thinking it's a glitch as they're only 18-19 weeks, but they've started allowing my roosters advances, so I'm not too surprised.
  12. PrettyBirdRocky

    Our flock and their eggs, Black Australorp laying first

    Our Black Australorp have started laying whoohoo! We have 5 'original' girls, two of which started laying recently. They were 18 weeks July 14(ish), so 20 weeks tmrw. Our first one was Warden, funky comb and curved foot, blue tag. She's laid in the Infirmary (nesting boxes) since day one, yay! 7...
  13. Ankaa

    Way to reduce new layer pain?

    My chicken started laying yesterday and finally was able to rest once the egg came out. The next morning she started sounding in pain again. Is there a way for me to help her?
  14. Oob Child

    FIRST QUAIL EGG!

    I got my first quail egg late last night from my quail. It surprisingly wasn't from the oldest one, and instead was from a quail called Spot who is a full day younger than my oldest. It's half the size it should be! I can't wait to get more! Australian 5c coin for reference. I'm making a mini...
  15. Wandering_r0gue

    The Good and the Bad

    Checked on the birds this morning and had a couple of surprises: good and bad: The Good: I got my first Egg! The Bad: 2 of my Roos got into a fight and one was a bit bloodied. I cleaned him up and isolated him to recover. My Hen:Roo ratio is lower than I'd like, so probably a bit too much...
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  16. T

    Panting while laying, taking over an hour - first egg. Normal?

    UPDATE!! Nevermind, she laid her first egg and is fine now!! Whew! Do hens gape or pant when laying an egg? I don’t usually see our other 2 laying, so this is still new to me. But my 9mos old Welbar is currently separated from the others this past week, partly because my young roo has zero’d...
  17. sammi_lynn12

    First egg!

    I got my first egg on Saturday from my Rhode Island Red hen! She laid Saturday and today but my question is why aren't my Australorps laying yet? My two autralorps are three weeks older than the rest of flock and have not laid yet. My barred rocks and RIR are the same age and as of right now...
  18. EllieHasTooManyHobbies

    First egg!!!!

    ETA: I just stepped out to go hang with the chickens and found ANOTHER egg! From a different lady! What a cool day! I just had to share my first egg! I wasn't sure if they were going to wait out the winter or not, but someone laid this beautiful, perfectly clean and pristine egg. What a great...
  19. PerturbedPanther

    First Egg! Unknown Origin.

    Just found my first egg this morning! Unfortunately it was on the floor and my ducks and chickens share the same coop. I don't think any of my chickens are old enough though, my oldest ones are from June/July.
  20. ButtonNomies

    SQUEEEEEE

    Omg omg omg ... so there's a commotion over in quailville ... Me thinking "oh no boys are fighting" Dustin was chasing the other boys up to a different level of their cage (3 tier cage) nothing overly vicious a few clicks n ruffled feathers between em but they chilled out pretty fast ... just...
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