April 2017 chicks, who will lay first contest...

[SueT]

Well the leghorn didn't leave an egg in the Royal Suite, but she didn't lay one at all. So still hope for the new accommodation.
1/6 today, the little Sebright left us yet another tiny egg in her milk crate nest.

 

[Linda Parisi]

OMG I have my first egg tonight. I'm so excited.

 

[Magnolia7330]

Stella laid for the 3rd day in a row. Lulu laid her first egg! It looks like she may be a blue layer. Although when I found it the shell was shriveled and very thin and she was eating the white part of the egg-the yolk was nowhere to be found. She laid it in the middle of the run. My guess is it broke open after she laid it-or they stepped on it- and then they decided to clean up the mess. Hopefully the next one will be better-I already have oyster shell out for them. We now have 3/6 chickens laying!

 

[GreenbrierChickens]

So another day with nada. Hmmm. Freeloading slackers. Team 0/8 still

 

[Li'lFlock]

As a newbie, I've been excitedly following and reading this thread. Picked up my 3 girls April 19th. So they hit the 18 week mark last Wednesday. My BR has been more vocal and crabby for almost a week and started squatting to touch 4 days ago. I notice she seems to want more snuggles despite all the mouthing off, and she's usually the most skittish of the 3. RIR is starting to get more vocal now too. The baby Brahma, who happens to have also outgrown her "older" sisters shows no signs, unless eating to keep the fluffiest butt title counts.

 

[Chickassan]

This doesn't count because I have no idea when Hobo was hatched,but my little adopted Dominique left me something in the nest box that wasn't poop! FYI some eggsongs sound like a nerd laughing, Hobo taught me that today.

 

[IdyllwildAcres]

Ok I am 90% certain my Golden Laced Wyandotte just laid two eggs. I have 5/7 who are laying so far and 3 had already laid this morning, I went home at lunch Goldie was in the next box, no eggs in the roll out tray and had already collected 3 eggs. 30 minutes later before I left I checked again and there were two warm eggs in the roll out area and they are identical in color and size, and they are her egg color they are all a little different I can tell so far. At first I thought all 5 who are laying had laid today then when I got inside and compared them I realized they were identical. The only other brown egg layer who had not laid is my barred rock who lays bigger and darker eggs. IF Roxanne (BR) lays today then its proof positive because the only non-layers are the Americauna and EE

Just the other day I commented on this thread I did not think it could happen.

I stand corrected

Gary

 

[Chickassan]

You learn something new everyday Gary.

 

[smschiller08]

My Pointer Sisters were hatched 4/7 and thanks to this thread I have high hopes of seeing an egg soon. Australorp, Barred Rock and Americana. Free rangers for 6-8 hrs per day so hoping I don't have to go on an egg hunt.

 

[Cntry1958]

We have 2 out of the 5 laying today. My EE gave us a beautiful blue egg today and then we got this funny looking shelless egg that was very small. For the last two day my RIR has been laying in the nesting boxes and singing her song. But no sign of eggs until today. I think this shelless egg is hers.