Eggs! I shouted, I WANT eggs!

[Sally PB]

I have 3 hens who are laying, but sporadically. I have 2 pullets who lay two out of three days. And one pullet who, at 8 months old(!) has not started yet!

 

[Flockincrazy]

I have 3 hens who are laying, but sporadically. I have 2 pullets who lay two out of three days. And one pullet who, at 8 months old(!) has not started yet!

Days are short and cold they need that energy to live through the winter

 

[Sally PB]

Days are short and cold they need that energy to live through the winter

I know. We have enough eggs, but I want to have more so that I can make stuff like quiche and frittatas and omelets.

 

[Flockincrazy]

I know. We have enough eggs, but I want to have more so that I can make stuff like quiche and frittatas and omelets.

Well you have to be patient lol

 

[rosemarythyme]

I know. We have enough eggs, but I want to have more so that I can make stuff like quiche and frittatas and omelets.

I get really sick of frittatas and omelets by the time summer hits, so I'm fine without 'em until the flock's ready to get back into a regular laying schedule.

With 1 egg a day I have just enough to make meatballs or bake every so often if I feel like it, and to poach into my weekday lunch.

 

[MTKitty]

Be careful what you wish for. My pullets deposited their first egg on 1/16. Today, I collected eight and put two dozen in lime water; and I still have nearly two dozen on the counter.

I need an egg victim ... um, recipient.

 

[Solanacae]

I have 3 hens who are laying, but sporadically. I have 2 pullets who lay two out of three days. And one pullet who, at 8 months old(!) has not started yet!

I had to wait 9 months for one, and looking to be the same with a couple of pullets I have right now. I got them in late spring last year, so it’s just a daylight issue + slower maturing breed problem.

 

[Sally PB]

I got them in late spring last year, so it’s just a daylight issue + slower maturing breed problem.

My slowpoke is a Jubilee Orpington.

 

[Solanacae]

My slowpoke is a Jubilee Orpington.

My first one was an EE. The two I’m currently waiting on are Sultan x Polish.

 

[STACEYH]

There is hope. I got an egg from one of the hens returning to laying yesterday and I *think* I got a pullet egg, though I'm not sure because I'm expecting brown-brown, not yet another pinkish egg.

Did you wash it? My barred rocks lay "pinkish eggs" once washed and the bloom removed they are nice brown eggs.