First Egg at 17 weeks

[HeathenHavenHomestead]

Eeeekkkkkk!

Today I discovered my first egg from my flock.

My husband and FIL saw her in the coop earlier and I went in to check (as I have been daily for a few weeks) and I found the first egg!

My girl who laid it is a California Tan and is 2 days away from 18 weeks old.

The egg looks almost peach colored but looks tan in the photos and it was perfectly clean which I didn’t fully know how it would look and it’s just perfect!

 

[Katanahamon]

Me too! Very first egg ever! Their laying parts actually “evert,” so the egg pops out clean and pristine, this helps avoid bacteria which could harm a developing egg..I pushed the color saturation in the red hand pic to triple check it was blue, didn’t change the color, only increased it. So tiny, so cute! From my “Ameraucana.” 19 weeks, couple days old..

 

[HeathenHavenHomestead]

Me too! Very first egg ever! Their laying parts actually “evert,” so the egg pops out clean and pristine, this helps avoid bacteria which could harm a developing egg..I pushed the color saturation in the red hand pic to triple check it was blue, didn’t change the color, only increased it. So tiny, so cute! From my “Ameraucana.” 19 weeks, couple days old..

I’ve heard if they aren’t ready it will be blood streaked? Or something like that. Pretty egg though!

 

[cherrynberry]

Eeeekkkkkk!

Today I discovered my first egg from my flock.

My husband and FIL saw her in the coop earlier and I went in to check (as I have been daily for a few weeks) and I found the first egg!

My girl who laid it is a California Tan and is 2 days away from 18 weeks old.

The egg looks almost peach colored but looks tan in the photos and it was perfectly clean which I didn’t fully know how it would look and it’s just perfect!

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Blow it out and preserve it! I wish I had! Pretty egg!

 

[Katanahamon]

Blow it out and preserve it! I wish I had! Pretty egg!

I have pics..I can’t wait to see if added organic paprika, calendula, tomato powder, beet powder, dark greens, etc have influenced the yolk color..
https://www.veterinariadigital.com/en/articulos/the-egg-yolk-color-and-pigments/

 

[Katanahamon]

Blow it out and preserve it! I wish I had! Pretty egg!

I’m hoping I’ve made the yolk pretty..
https://www.veterinariadigital.com/en/articulos/the-egg-yolk-color-and-pigments/

 

[Katanahamon]

I’ve heard if they aren’t ready it will be blood streaked? Or something like that. Pretty egg though!

Thanks! First eggs can be small, like this cutey, or have other weirdnesses, I haven’t heard of blood streaks, but blood spots can occur in any egg..protein clumps too. The only reason you haven’t seen them in store eggs is that commercial eggs go through an electronic candler and odd eggs with stuff inside or weird shapes get diverted for other uses..

 

[Katanahamon]

Blow it out and preserve it! I wish I had! Pretty egg!

I forgot to say I pushed the saturation in the red hand pic, didn’t increase the blue balance, just overall saturation to triple check blue not green, not that I wouldn’t be happy with whatever color..i just wanted her to be successful and healthy..I think she thought she was going to lay for three days..! Finally today she would come down the ramp from the coop, think about it, then rush back inside..she did this a few times, so I left for an hour and rechecked..all the other “egg virgins” were making a clamor, but not her, which is funny, she sang the day before like she had laid a dozen! Here she is..I’m biased, but I think she’s gorgeous..to me, she looks least like A chicken of my group..she looks more like a hawk..(plus I haven’t been around lots of chickens my whole life..I must concede I didn’t know what most breeds looked like..)

 

[cherrynberry]

I forgot to say I pushed the saturation in the red hand pic, didn’t increase the blue balance, just overall saturation to triple check blue not green, not that I wouldn’t be happy with whatever color..i just wanted her to be successful and healthy..I think she thought she was going to lay for three days..! Finally today she would come down the ramp from the coop, think about it, then rush back inside..she did this a few times, so I left for an hour and rechecked..all the other “egg virgins” were making a clamor, but not her, which is funny, she sang the day before like she had laid a dozen! Here she is..I’m biased, but I think she’s gorgeous..to me, she looks least like A chicken of my group..she looks more like a hawk..

I love EEs! I own a few and hatched a few this year.

 

[TheOddOneOut]

My teeny tiny first blue egg from my 9 month old stunted EE pullet was bloody.
But my first first egg was clean and tan and pretty.
I think it depends on a lot of factors.