Comb development to first egg!

[Hellomylittleladies]

@Draya I buy extra large eggs here too, so I'm not getting quite enough eggs just yet. My Barnevelder lays up to 58g.

@Sarzetta beautiful egg colour! Love the shine

@Chey1214 Australian Araucanas are quite similar to Ameraucanas, but considered different breeds

 

[kbroom]

What pretty birds. I'm waiting on my babies to lay as well. At least my little 24 week Rock Barred, Sweetie is laying every day now. Notice how much redder her comb looks after she begun laying eggs. The first picture on the left is before she started laying. I understand that different species lay at different times, and even the same species may wait 'til later, if the temperatures are too hot in the Summer.

 

[Sarzetta]

Our Lavender araucana is 31 weeks old today and still no eggs (but has been doing the submissive squat behaviour for weeks). I’ll post a photo.

 

[Friendthechicken]

@Hellomylittleladies @Sarzetta
2 of my 20 weekers (leghorn and australorp) are laying a few times a week, small eggs. My 11 month old golden comets are laying machines. They each lay an extra large egg every day. I just checked my app and they did not miss a single day the month of June or the month of July. I am still waiting on my other girls, but everybody looks ready and squats so it should be soon.

What app are you using to track eggs please?

 

[Sarzetta]

@Friendthechicken @Draya @Hellomylittleladies

I don’t use an app to track eggs but that’s a great idea!

 

[Draya]

What app are you using to track eggs please?

Mother Hen. I like it because I can input eggs collected by color and track expenditures like food and equipment plus keep track of egg sales but it doesn’t track across all my devices and seems a little bit dated.

 

[Draya]

@Friendthechicken @Draya @Hellomylittleladies

Let me know if you choose one and how you like it. It’s neat to see the cost per egg go down as more girls lay daily

 

[Friendthechicken]

Let me know if you choose one and how you like it. It’s neat to see the cost per egg go down as more girls lay daily

Thanks!! I had no idea that was a thing but they seem useful. I’ll look into it.

 

[Sarzetta]

I’ve started using mother hen… it’s great for my small flock!

and I need to post pictures of the combs Easter egger 27w who has started in the last week and my araucanas (one is 31w and one 24w and she’s just recently had her comb redden - it appeared as entirely black previously and we suspect she could be a mix (silkie) but we were told she’s pure).

 

[Crystal Chicken]

She laid her first egg at 18 weeks (8days ago)! And we've gotten 5 eggs from her