first eggs

  1. analyticalblonde

    LOOKIE...LOOKIE! First eggs came with bonus!!!

    OMG!!!! I got my first egg on Tuesday, a second (quite tiny) on Wednesday, and a third on Friday. NOW, THIS IS THE AMAZING PART!!! I cracked all three open to scramble up my homegrown eggs, and I was shocked! The very first egg I got and the very first egg to be cracked was a DOUBLE YOLK...
  2. CityslickerHomestead

    When did you get your first egg?

    I did a quick search and did not find another thread like this so if there is one, please let me know and I’ll move over there. I’m looking forward to the impending arrival of my girls laying their first eggs (they are about 16 weeks now) and thought I’d love to hear how others felt when they...
  3. LeoPig

    Eggs!

    Our chickens just started laying! It's very exciting, so I thought I would share. :love
  4. N

    Just found our first 8 eggs!!! Help!

    Hey everyone!! So I was just out feeding my 8 chickens, 6 black australorps (hens), 1 black jersey giant (hen) and 1 salmon faverolle (rooster), and couldn’t find one of the hens. I told my hubby to check the coop, we haven’t put in the 4 best boxes yet as we weren’t expecting the girls to lay...
  5. BrahmaGirl2018

    New Layer....

    My pullets are just getting old enough to lay (6 months old). My Light Brahma started on February 2 and has given me 7 eggs since them. Today's gift looks scratched...is this normal?
  6. lilmillefleur

    Our littles are laying!

    Our flock we bought as chicks mailed from MPC over the summer have started laying!!! Guessing by egg color it looks like our bantam polish and EE are the first culprits. I missed seeing the minty blue and green eggs in the nest boxes, so I’m glad to have them again—except our flock is all bantam...
  7. Str4b3rryb33

    My First Eggs!

    My chickens weren't expected to lay for another month at least, I have two barred rocks and an unknown. BUT HERE WE ARE! THREE BEAUTIFUL EGGS!
  8. ChickenMama0330

    New Chicken Mama

    Hello All! My husband and I just got our first flock of chickens this year! He has wanted them for a few years now and I have not, knowing that I would be the one who ends up taking care of them. I finally relented thinking, "okay now that he has permission, he'll give up and not want to get...
  9. harice4806

    Bantam laying or standard hen starting small?

    Found the 1st egg in the coop where I keep 3 bantams (2 golden sebrights and an OEGB gender not known yet) and 3 standard hens (ISA and RIR). The egg on the left is from my older hens. Middle egg is from my hens that started laying a month or so ago. On the right is the egg I found in the...
  10. Ginmary

    blowing out eggs ---ornaments???

    I have a couple of months before my first hen will lay an egg. I am thinking that I may want to blow out the first egg from each of them and turn them into keepsake ornaments. Anyone do this?
  11. H

    I got my first two eggs!

    Today I found my first two eggs! I was so excited! Now I got to check every day for eggs. My four Rhode Island Red girls are 20wks old. I'm not sure if two are starting to lay or just one of them. I hadn't checked in a day or two, so I'll figure that out in the days to come. The eggs were on the...
  12. A

    Day 21 and I think I have twins

    Ok, so this is my first hatch ever, so I’ve been obsessively reading threads and making everything up as I go along. I have one slightly larger egg that I thought might be a double yolker with twins? I was fairly confident last week, but after candleing today, I really can’t tell. I know they...
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  13. 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...
  14. RUNuts

    Leghorns -19 weeks to first eggs

    Well, almost 20 weeks (had to recheck the records). 19 weeks and 6 days. These are Ideal Hatchery Leghorns and Ideal 236 birds. I know one egg is from a Leghorn. The second egg could be from 3 girls that are showing and acting the same. So, instead of 2 eggs like today, tomorrow could be 4...
  15. WisMainechx

    I think I have an egg bound chicken - help!

    Hi there, I am a backyard chicken newbie and wanted to write to get some advice. We have laying hens and they are about 6 months of age now (we've had them since they were chicks). They are just beginning to lay eggs each day. The last few days have been very hot and humid especially. Today I...
  16. P

    New members Penelope&Cocoa Hi!!

    My son loves ducks so we got him 2 chocolate runners. Penelope & Cocoa. They are 16 weeks today. Our first time raising ducks. We live in So Cal. We have some questions about duck eggs.
  17. VintageDutchGirl

    FINALLY a first egg, and a converted husband!

    Our long wait is over, we have our first egg! And Ruby, our Rir, laid right in the nesting box like she was an old pro, did not expect that at all! My goodness my kids were sooo eggcited! :wee Best of all was to see my husband (who built me an amazing coop and run but wasn't thrilled with the...
  18. ChrisTheChickenFarmer

    My Handicapped Chicken

    We had our first chicken tragedy on the farm this year. My red sexlink chickens were about 4 months old when one was savagely attacked by a raccoon, as I was coming out to lock the birds up. I ran out and snatched her from the racoon's grasp. The chicken's leg was badly broken from being...
  19. Debutante

    When to open up nest boxes?

    In our coop we've closed up all the nest boxes to prevent them from getting pooped in and slept in, etc. until our girls are old enough to lay. Right now, they're only 13 weeks. My question is, when should we open up the nest boxes and prepare them with shavings and hay? Will the hens need some...
  20. beaks

    First eggs from new flock

    My new flick of Buff Orpingtons Has begun to lay. The eggs are all sizes from mini eggs to super jumbo eggs. I have 5 hens that are now laying. I have five others that are a few weeks younger that are still separated and will introduce them and put together next week. Hope all goes well.
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