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[hoselayer]

Hey all! I have 3 GB, 2 BR & 2 GLW that are all not yet laying. However.... my one sweetheart GB Ruby is close. She has the bright comb & waddles. Has the famous squat when you try to pet her and has been so ridiculously friendly you'd think she was a dog.

Anyway, Ruby is the only 1 of the 7 having these signs. Will she speed up the others or will they just lay when they lay. They are all the same age, BTW....

 

[limited25]

Don't think she will speed up the others, sorry.

BTW, nice avatar!

 

[aart]

Nope....I have 1 out of 10 pullets laying and was hoping for the same, but not gonna happen.

 

[hoselayer]

She gave me 1 today. I'll be posting in appropriate forum!!! Just the one.

 

[aart]

She gave me 1 today. I'll be posting in appropriate forum!!! Just the one.

You can post right here.......see, you start a thread and they lay!!

 

[hoselayer]

Valid point!.... here ya go

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[aart]

Valid point!.... here ya go

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That's a big one for a first egg....unless your hands are very tiny.....could be a double yolker.

 

[hoselayer]

I've been looking every day, 2-3 times a day for the last week since she's been showing signs. Haven't found a hint of an egg anywhere till today. I thought the same thing on the size. Wasn't expecting it to be that large. It's longer but more narrow than a store bought large egg....

 

[aart]

I've been looking every day, 2-3 times a day for the last week since she's been showing signs. Haven't found a hint of an egg anywhere till today. I thought the same thing on the size. Wasn't expecting it to be that large. It's longer but more narrow than a store bought large egg....

You'll get all kinds of rather funky looking, soft or thin shelled, huge double yolked eggs...especially at first.
Have you seen the weird egg thread?
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/697007/weird-or-odd-eggs-pics

 

[limited25]

I've been looking every day, 2-3 times a day for the last week since she's been showing signs. Haven't found a hint of an egg anywhere till today. I thought the same thing on the size. Wasn't expecting it to be that large. It's longer but more narrow than a store bought large egg....

Out of our 3 laying hens, only 1 sings the egg song. She wants the world to know when she lays an egg. We have a rooster and he always sings along with her. Congrats on your first egg.