First Egg Countdown

[Velvet Hairpiece]

Congrats all you new egg-getters!

 

[CarolynF]

Congrats to all you lucky first eggers!

Still waiting for Ruby, she's gotten so big and so red, and her comb and wattle have gotten so big! But she's still holding out! Sigh.

 

[wowmanacat]

I just found one of my twins (sugar & Spice) in the nest box. That is a good sign. She got out really fast like "I am not suppose to be in there" look on her face. Now how long till she will lay? Well I now know how long, A hour or so.
This is it on the scale at 43 grams

This is next to one of Lousie's egg which is a large egg at 61 grams

 

[Pele]

Wow, lookit all those beautiful first time eggs!

Grats to everyone!!!

I think the first eggs are always the most beautiful.

 

[confusedturtle]

Finally! We got our first egg! Im so excited and proud of my girls! Here's the first pic, Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay!

I heard a crazy comotion comming from the coop and ran out to see what was attacking them. When I found them to be ok I decided to feed them & clean their coop and this is what I found. Pretty sure it came from my BO mix, her comb & waddles have been bright red for almost a month. My RSL's (a week younger) have been red for probably 2 weeks now, and my GSL & BSL are a month behind them. Hopefully this is the begining of my girls giving us eggs and the end of me buying them :-D

 

[Happy Chooks]

Wow, lots of first eggs! Congrats everyone!

 

[Happy Chooks]

I can now add my BR and multiple generation olive egger to the thread for the waiting game. They are now 22 weeks old. Still nothing from the three 30 week old freeloaders.

Dusty:

Olive:

 

[Pele]

Grats ConfusedTurtle, I know you've been waiting ages!! So happy for you.

And oh my gosh Happy Chooks, your Barred Rock is amazing! I didn't know you bred those too.... her barring is perfect!

It looks like she's wearing PJs or is an escapee from old-fashioned jail

And not to be nosey (ok yes I am), but did you cross Australorp into your Olive Egger?

 

[Happy Chooks]

I don't breed BR's, although they are gorgeous enough that if I had the room I would. I wanted a pullet with the crisp barring, it's just so pretty. She is from Kathyinmo BR breeding and Olive is also from her stock. As far as I know, Olive is a multiple generation Olive egger crossed back to a BCM. (she's got the feathered shanks of the BCM) She is absolutely huge. This picture shows her size against my barnevelder rooster and the production red in the back.

 

[Pele]

Oh yes, I can see the shanks now (was too busy admiring how fluffy her behind to notice

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And it's officially your fault that my co-workers just looked at me funny when I laughed at that poor rooster being loomed over by your beautiful girl. She IS huge!