19 and a half weeks old and still no eggs :( egg countdown anyone??

Back with pics! I'm just thrilled! It was around 4:30 when I went downstairs to grab something. No.Joke...I just knew. I immediately got on my sandals and went out the back door for no reason, checked the boxes and there it was! Our very first egg, laid by Scarlett my RIR who is the only one that has ever checked out the rabbit hutch nest box or gone inside to root around. They're super tiny, didn't even move my egg scale, Peewee Eggs! I brought it in to show all our company and of course all the big kids ran around to all the neighbors to tell them and soon we had quite a crowd. They all went home and I took a picture or so, put the egg in the fridge and got busy again with DDs birthday stuff. An hour after the first find I went out to say hi to the girls and say "Good job!" and my nephew says there's another egg but he doesn't know if it's a dummy or real. Sure enough there was a new, fresh, warm, tiny egg in the coop nest box! Here's the pics :)
AWESOME, AWESOME !!!! very cool eggs, and cute kids too!! thanks for the great pictures! I ate my first one within minutes of it being layed, it was the best egg i think i ever ate!
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A funny thing is going on here....so far I've gotten 4 larger eggs and 4 smaller eggs from the EE hens that have started laying. ALL the larger eggs were double yolks, smaller eggs were single yolks. No more green eggs for 2 days now. But got a white egg from a new layer, it was smaller and must have snuck up on her or she doesn't yet believe she should lay in a nest as it was found on top of a bale of hay in the haystack.
Haha, yep I've gotten some AAA double yolkers from my girls too. My Americauna has been laying typically smaller eggs than my Leghorn though, who lays pretty normal sized white eggs. It's strange because Daisy (the Leg) is my most petite and delicate looking chicken too! It is totally normal for them to take a day or two off of laying, especially if it is hot.
 
YAY! I don't have to roast Petrie after all! LOLOL, she layed (at least I'm 99% sure it was her) her first last night and it must have suprised her, because it landed on the coop floor and the shell was a bit thin so it cracked. Humpty Dumpty fell
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but we were excited she has started laying!! She has been rooting in the nest boxes a lot so hopefully the next one is there!
 
YAY! I don't have to roast Petrie after all! LOLOL, she layed (at least I'm 99% sure it was her) her first last night and it must have suprised her, because it landed on the coop floor and the shell was a bit thin so it cracked. Humpty Dumpty fell
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but we were excited she has started laying!! She has been rooting in the nest boxes a lot so hopefully the next one is there!
Hooray for Petrie!!
One of my hens did the same thing last night! from the roost, I think it was Frankie at least it was under her this morning, harder shell and fully formed this time with a little dent from the humpty dumpty landing! Egg #3 and getting harder shells....not perfect but improving!
 
Hooray for Petrie!!
One of my hens did the same thing last night! from the roost, I think it was Frankie at least it was under her this morning, harder shell and fully formed this time with a little dent from the humpty dumpty landing! Egg #3 and getting harder shells....not perfect but improving!
Congrats, Julie! Glad Frankie is getting the hang of egg-laying! You do have nest boxes with dummy eggs right? Hopefully the next step is laying them there :)
 

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