Eagerly awaiting my first egg!!!!!

[lolita117]

So I have 4 black australorps pullets that will be 19 weeks this Monday and I'm so excited about getting my first egg!!!!! I have a black australorp roo that is the same age and he is big and gorgeous and 1 one my girls' combs and wattle are now very large and red and my roo is beginning to breed her frequently since about a week or 2 ago. I also have 3 ee's that are only 12 weeks old, only 1 of those being a girl and 26 babies that are only 4 1/2 weeks old (I got the brown egg layers special from Murray McMurray). So within months I know I will be over run with eggs but I just can't wait for my first one!!!!! I check the coop every single day and the run, I have a large coop and run with plenty of nest boxes and check everywhere everyday. Should I be excepting an egg any day or am I jumping the gun too soon?

I'll take a picture of my girls tomorrow and post.

 

[Newchick2this]

good luck I had my first egg last week and have had a couple everyday since though none today but its very hot and there very young. the eggs are very tiny have had a green egg white egg and a couple of brown. I have 5 Americanas, 5 Polish white with black markings and 5 barred rocks didn't know there were so many kinds of chickens and so many people who loved them this is great.

 

[CarolJ]

Mine are 22 1/2 weeks old - and no eggs yet. I think the extreme heat is a factor - although it has to do with which breeds you have, too. Mine are just slow pokes! Good luck! Hope you get an egg soon!

 

[goldtopper]

Alexis here is 23 weeks. The picture's color is a bit off- her wattles are flaming red, as is her comb. She isn't squatting yet and nothing so far. I hope yours lays soon!