First egg! BCM, 19 weeks 6 days old

[primatologica]

I happened to be out in my chicken yard when my Black Copper Marans girl Violet laid her first egg (it's my flock's first overall egg too, so I'm excited!). It's a pretty little egg. Do you think she'll lay a more uniformly dark egg as she matures, or is she likely to keep laying speckled eggs? I'm thrilled either way, just curious!

 

[cherrynberry]

I happened to be out in my chicken yard when my Black Copper Marans girl Violet laid her first egg (it's my flock's first overall egg too, so I'm excited!). It's a pretty little egg. Do you think she'll lay a more uniformly dark egg as she matures, or is she likely to keep laying speckled eggs? I'm thrilled either way, just curious!

I would guess the speckles would slowly fade away and may haplen sometimes. The egg size will get larger and her egg color, may fade and darken in tint depending on her body functions.

 

[KelseyBoxer]

I have 6 BCM pullets (and 1 cockeral) hatched on May1 2021. You have given me hope. I was thinking maybe by October.

 

[primatologica]

I have 6 BCM pullets (and 1 cockeral) hatched on May1 2021. You have given me hope. I was thinking maybe by October.

I was so surprised that she is my early bloomer! I have five other breeds, and had heard BCMs are usually on the later side to lay!

 

[Happy hen lover]

It's so exciting to get 1st egg

 

[Sally PB]

First eggs are magical! I blew out the shell of my first egg so I could keep it. It still makes me smile.

 

[Noellereagan]

I just had a tiny serama pullet lay a first egg at just shy of 16 weeks. Record breaker here. And two days later she laid a second. One day later (today) a third. In my experience with serama specifically that’s probably not a good thing. But in your situation that’s super exciting. Love that.

 

[Pet]

I happened to be out in my chicken yard when my Black Copper Marans girl Violet laid her first egg (it's my flock's first overall egg too, so I'm excited!). It's a pretty little egg. Do you think she'll lay a more uniformly dark egg as she matures, or is she likely to keep laying speckled eggs? I'm thrilled either way, just curious!

Hi. Im wondering how her eggs turned out. Did they stay speckled or did the colour smooth out more evenly. Just curious my bcm layed her first egg at 31 weeks yesterday and it was also small and speckled.