April Babies Egg Watch Thread

[chickieandpeeps]

Does anyone else have pullets hatched in April that are now on egg watch or recently had their first eggs? I would love to see pictures, chat, and make the wait a little more fun!

I have four pullets who hatched April 20th who are now 4 weeks old. One Cream Legbar, one Olive Egger, and two Lavender Marans. They are now 16 weeks. Only the OE looks like she’s getting ready to lay. Her comb and wattles have gotten big and more red, and today she started squatting!

A few days old


16 weeks old

 

[Mrs. K]

She is pinking up, not reddening up. I would expect you are 6 weeks from eggs for her. I have 3 leghorns, April 4 hatched. I too am looking, wishing....hoping, but I keep telling myself - SEPTEMBER, don't look for eggs until then.

This is the second longest part about chickens - waiting for the first egg.

Interestingly the absolute longest time period in chickens is the 21 days for eggs to hatch.

Mrs K

 

[3KillerBs]

I'm on egg watch for my Easter hatch.

I've seen the Olive Egger and the Australorp x California White checking out nests but nobody is passing the butt check yet.

 

[Pampered chicken girl]

I have 2 EE pullets from March but I don't expect eggs till October

 

[BuddingGardener]

I have an australorp that's teasing me with how close she looks. Hatched April 6th. No eggs yet!

 

[Mrs. K]

She is reddened up.

 

[BuddingGardener]

@Mrs. K her redness really brightened this past week. I can't say exactly when it happened but I noticed that her comb and wattles *REALLY* became much redder and much more prominent. Before that, I thought she was 'red' but it was more pink like OP's photo.

 

[chickieandpeeps]

My “olive” egger laid her first egg today at 18 weeks and 2 days! She had started nesting two days ago, but it was in the middle of the run. The other three juveniles seem several weeks away from laying, and my post-broody hen seems close to getting back to paying her keep!

 

[Pampered chicken girl]

I think my March baby, a EE, laid her first egg today it's such a pretty blue. I'll take a picture

 

[Missyschix13]

I believe mine were hatched at the very end of April. (I forgot to ask age due to excitement!) And I just started getting eggs this week. First eggs appeared last Saturday and I've had two eggs everyday this week. (with the exception of Sunday. Happily got to witness that one egg)Never expected to one short of a dozen this week.