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  1. Mimi13

    Tracking Down the Owner of an Egg

    Yesterday, while I had the misfortune of working away from home, one of my baby chicks layed an egg. :hit They grow up so fast, don’t they? I wasn’t quite expecting an egg at exactly 18 weeks. But lo and behold, last night when I got home I immediately went out to their house to do a quick head...
  2. KikiDeAnime

    Do Cochin Bantams Lay Sooner?

    I went out to collect eggs before the hens went to bed as we were at the beach all day. I found a small egg in the nesting box and assumed that either Rusty or Tiny(Snow White) had laid their first egg but wasn't sure. I can easily recognize Mouse's(Silkie mix) eggs so I know it wasn't hers. I...
  3. C

    First eggs!

    So, finally my Japanese quails (I ended up realizing that they weren't Chinese quails haha) have laid! This is the first egg that I've found and I'm super excited! Since it's the first one it probably isn't fertile tho, so it may end up in the frying pan tonight :)
  4. chickmamat

    Is my BR about to lay an egg? Making a nest, pulsing bottom

    hey all! It’s been a while since I posted. My girls are 17wks and the BR I thought was a roo is definitely a hen (happy dance). She has bright red comb and waddles, her comb is big enough that it flops over. She’s been doing the squat for about two weeks now. Today she got in a nesting box...
  5. Mamasea

    My First Egg?

    Hello! First time chicken girl here so I’m not sure what is normal and what may need adjusted in my girls diet, if anything at all. I have a mix of 15 girls that I’ve raised from chicks. They were born the end of February. I’ve been feeding them Kalmbach Organic Layer Pellets for a couple...
  6. Belbris

    Our Australorp laid her 1st egg!!

    It was an egg-citing morning here :weewhen we found our first egg. We are pretty sure our blue Australorp laid it as our other Australorp has much narrower pelvic bones and smaller looking vent. It weighed in at 38g but was perfectly formed, lovely orange yolk and tasted DELICIOUS!! She was...
  7. Dani & Mikey

    Our first ever egg!

    Well, it finally happened. One of my little chickpeas became a hen today! So we are officially embarking on the next stage of chickening. They are all about 18 weeks but I suspect it was one of my Isa Browns. Yesterday I put up some new curtains made of an old sheet. I put up some nesting box...
  8. O

    free range eggs

    Hi everyone, I'm new here & have a question. I have 6 Rhode Island Red hens that are 19 weeks old. I am waiting for my first egg. My free range hens return to their coop and are locked in every night. My question is will they go to the coop to lay or will I find eggs hidden outdoors ? Thanks...
  9. Acre4Me

    First Brown Egg - Pullets age 17 weeks

    First Egg today! Pullets are 17 weeks and 3 days old. Egg is brown, so it must be one of the following: Black Australorp, Silver Laced Wyandotte, Barred Plymouth Rock, Black Jersey Giant (but she's hardly red in comb), EE (but expecting pink/green and they are not very red in comb). We...
  10. H

    Rhode Island Reds: a few days shy of 18wks

    One of my hens this morning didn't rush out for food and water. She hung back inside the coop, and didn't come out right away. Then she went back inside a short time later. I was wondering if she might be getting ready to lay her first egg? She's squawking a little bit too.
  11. GreatGranny

    Very First Egg

    Wow! We got our very first egg today and I was not expecting this for a while yet!! Are our 23 girls starting to lay? They were 4 months and 1 week old today, so is that very young or is the egg a fluke? The egg is smaller than normal but very pretty, clean and almost perfect!! Of the 23...
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  13. April Barta

    November hatched Egg-a-long

    Hiiii!!! I got a brilliant idea to do an “egg-a-long”. Kind of like a hatch-a-long but just waiting for who lays the first egg! No prize (except an egg!!) but thought it would be fun. I wanted to restrict it to November hatchlings. That way we’re all within a few weeks. Also, posting photos of...
  14. ChickenGirl555

    It’s An Ameraucauna

    Yesturday my first egg was layed by my pullet, Robin. We had been very excited for the first egg—Especially Robin or her sister, Becky to lay one— because, it’s the FIRST EGG! Who isn’t excited? But also, we wanted it to be Becky or Robin, because the egg would determine if they were Ameraucauna...
  15. ChickenGirl555

    First Egg!

    I’m so happy! My beautiful EE girl, Robin, layed her first egg! It was cracked and frozen when I found it, but who cares! It’s the first egg! I can’t wait for a non-frozen one that I can eat! :p This is Robin This is her egg!
  16. rubydoux

    Hello from Katonah, NY

    Hello everyone! Here is our chicken history: we moved from NYC to the country last summer. We found a place with a small barn and decided that putting a horse in it like the last resident was a little too much for us to bite off, but chickens sounded just about right! We ordered 7 chickens...
  17. ChickenGirl555

    Question About Egg Laying...

    I'm expecting 1 or 2 of my chickens to lay soon. I entered my pullets' birthdate in a calculator website or something, and it said they would lay around February 14th. One of my EEs, Robin, is now nicknamed, "Loud Mouth" because of how much she loves to 'talk', and it's like one of my Barred...
  18. BrandonMcfly

    My red sex links first egg!

    My red sex link chicken Kurt just layed her first egg ever! I'm so proud of her & my other chicken Dylan is kinda maturing slowly but she's next :) but I'm curious if the eggs are fine or if she's missing some nutrients or anything the egg is brown with white speckled everywhere it's small but I...
  19. reddpepper86

    RSL burying fake egg?

    Hi everyone! So earlier this week my 21 week old RSL has been squatting. Her comb/wattles have become much more red and her pelvic bones are about 2½ finger widths apart. I put a fake egg in one of their nesting boxes and she has been "rearranging" I guess you could say, ever since. Moving...
  20. R Ward

    First Egg

    YEA! We had been on egg watch for a few weeks - nothing. Then as a practical joke I placed a small purple "Easter Egg" the grandchildren had in their sandbox in the coop. After which, I gave the girls a talking to about their promise to provide breakfast in exchange for food and shelter. I...
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