Easter Egger club!

[iwanaplae2]

At what age do EE's usually molt for the first time? Mine are only 12wks, and I've been noticing a lot more feathers in the coop and around the run. Plus they have new downy feathers coming in. Is this considered a molting? Or are they just getting more big girl feathers? lol

 

[Gryphon]

Joining the club! My girl, Archaeopteryx (Teryx for short) who LOVES dirtbathing, runs like a velociraptor, and is far too clever for her own good.

Aaaaaaand today she lay her first egg! (Stinker should have been laying a month or two ago!)

She's making up for lost time though, since it's 51 grams and my Black Australorp started with 40g. eggs and only now after a few weeks laying has gotten up to 50! Teryx is smaller than her too.

 

[Egg celent]

Has anyone's hens stop stopped laying already? I am trying to figure out why mine stopped. I have never had chickens over winter. Had three EE's then two were killed by a red tail hawk. Now I have one ee, one black Australorp and a Rhode Island Red. I moved the coop to what I had intended all along and that's putting it on 4x4 stilts. I am afraid all of the ventilation is a bad thing for the cold nights... Any advice is appreciated and even tho only 1/3 of my flock is ee I am going to stay in the club

Old coop spot sitting on stones

The new run and the temporary ladder up. Replaced it with a large stick later

The garden was a little overgrown lol... But still a pretty cool pic.

It's pretty much a big sand box floor

The ee was the big one now the Australorp is bigger.

Something I am happy I added was an 'egg door' it makes for easy access

Love my birds!!!

Just wish I was still getting eggs...

 

[jerryse]

Days are getting shorter and you will get few eggs.A lamp timer and light will keep them laying.Try for 14 hours total light.Natural plus artificial.

 

[K-12 Chickens]

Joining the club!

I recently got two Easter Eggers this year as chicks from a Tractor Supply in March. They are producing lovely eggs and very comical to watch.

Turkey-Talker (so named because of the turkey-like noises she makes)
About 7 months old
She is the tamest and smaller of the two and lays olive-green eggs.


Gryphon
About 7 months old
Gryphon is a little more timid, but sometimes comes up to me to investigate. She lays bright bluish-green eggs.

 

[VegaJones]

these are my gals Arriety up front and Chihiro in the back. They are a bit flighty but once I get a hold of them they calm down really fast. Arriety is more timid

 

[VegaJones]

they are so snooty towards my 5 week old silkies lol

 

[carriebain]

Here is my girl, Kevin, she was sold to me as a Wellsummer! Obviously she isn't! I think she is my prettiest bird, 9 weeks old

 

[iwanaplae2]

Ok I have a question. I was told when I ordered my EE's as chicks that they should start laying at between 18-20wks. But most of what I'm reading in here, some aren't laying til well after 24wks...But then I was also reading that hatchery chicks tend to lay earlier. So I guess my question is, for those of you with girls that didn't start laying til 24wks or later, were these hatchery girls or farm girls?

 

[kpsocalchicks89]

so my EE laid a brown egg first egg was super small lol and then the second was a bit bigger (woohoo) will they always be brown or will the color change?