Finally got our first egg today

[Rachel'sFlock]

That very first egg is the greatest thing, ever!!! (no matter how much it cost!)

Congrats to you and to all the new layers and their parents!

 

[lilysmama]

Congrats! My daughter Brooke was SO excited when she found the very first egg! There were crocodile tears floating on her eyelids, and her expression was priceless. it's a memory you'll never forget.

 

[turbokev]

Thanks everyone, we are happy the wait is finally over..
(at least for one of our 8 girlies)

Same chicken laid her 2nd egg today..
walked in to the coop, went in to the eggbox, spent a few minutes doing her thing..
Came out, did her little buk buk buk buk bagAWK song and wulah, egg #2 in 2 days

My wife asked if we should take the plastic eggs out now and I said no..
7 more of them need to get the idea~

 

[Beckyinma]

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Congratulations! It's always nice to see your hard work pay off.

Honestly, I don't think you should take the fake eggs out at all, except to clean them. It's always reinforcement that the nest box is where they should lay. mine like to roll them around a little. I have 2 yellow ones and a blue easter egg. I have a yellow and blue in one box and the other yellow in another. The white EE will only lay in the box with the blue plastic egg. If I swap it to another box, she will use that one! Silly!

I went to collect the other day because my girls sing before they lay, and I opened the door to a white chicken staring at me. She proceeded to give me a dirty look, get up, turn around in the nest box and lay an egg for me right there. If I had been quicker I could've caught it coming out. LOL!