So my little Goldie is on a 23 hour egg laying cycle. The first day she laid in my hand was about 4 well 3:50 to be exact. Yesterday I was gone but when I returned about 4 there was an egg that looked a lot like hers in one of her fav laying spots. So today I sat with her in the pen and she laid her egg at 1:50. I now know what her egg look like and can watch for her to lay by the time schedule.