First Egg at 17 weeks old!!!

[redoak]

congrats, think I'd have stepped on it if my 1st egg was right by the coop door.

 

[hatchcrazzzy]

first eggs are special

 

[mtnhomechick]

GREAT FIRST EGG!!! Congrats

 

[chicksinthemachine]

Congratulations

 

[needmorechickens!]

Congratulations!

I am waiting on my first egg! Should be any day now!
BTW...love the name of your Maran...
~Rebecca

 

[Weasleymum]

Wow if my (future) chickens lay eggs that pretty, I'll have a hard time cracking them open!

Congratulations on your over-achievers!

 

[Penske]

We have a total of 4 eggs now and they all look different.
We have not eaten any as we don't want to break the shells!!!
Kind of counterproductive!!

The egg today has a chalky coating...what is that? Did the bloom dry weird or something??

I'll post this question on another post as well.

Thanks again!

Lisa

 

[HenniePennie]

Penske, How wonderful for you. That is definately a beautiful egg!! If you want to keep the egg, using a pin put a hole in both ends and then blow the egg. Voila, a beautiful empty egg!!
In regards to what to feed your girls & 1 roo. I would suggest that you wean them off of the 'baby' food by mixing it with layer & then just layer and yes be sure to have oyster shell in a bowl so they can free feed it.
I had a chicken that showed no sign of being a roo until he was about 8 months old. He ate layer with the girls & did not have any issues. He was infact a very beautiful bird. Until he became over protective of the girls & then he met his demise.

 

[Penske]

HenniePennie,

at what age did he become over-protective and what was the breed? Ours is a white cochin and he's been very sweet. He'll be 18 weeks on Monday.

Thanks!

Lisa