Egglaying question!

[Bellie816]

I am proud to say we just got our first egg today!!

I believe it was from one of our Bantam hens because it was very small... plus the hens are only about 13-14 weeks old. It is small, brown with white speckles. Yay!

Anyway.... how often are you supposed to look for eggs? I was thinking 3 times a day - morning, midday, and evening?

 

[henryetta]

thats so funny cause at first i looked ALL dang day as often as i was able..

Now, just a few weeks into it, i know by 8:30 my reds are done, and then again about 10 the EE's are, so i check again then. Dont think it matters though. Just something fun to do. oh, and also i did it because i wanted to prevent any egg eating by the hens from the get go so thought i'd better snag quick...

 

[numamahen]

we just started getting eggs too. 20 week old golden lace wyandottes. There are so many behaviors that are new & I am new to this. I have to work on not wanting to go out to the coop every time one of the girls are squawking! I also am worried about snakes. We just killed a 2 ft garter snake out by the coop that may have been living in the compost heap just next to it. It think it is like having a new baby (or when the birds were just chicks), just couldn't ignore, have to keep checking. Such an amazing process AND so EGG-citing!