First Egg Countdown

[Pele]

Oh! That Sam i Am!!

haahaa, sure will!

And Gurti looks like she'll be your first one, Ruthanne. What a lovely flock of girls!

Medawinks, heat can affect laying, but it shouldn't impact it overly much (like stop them altogether).

 

[Happy Chooks]

Gerti and Pearl are the closest. You have a ways to go on the other 2.

medawinks........I have or have had all the breeds you do. Your BCM's will likely take the longest - I wouldn't expect eggs from them until about 24 weeks. I don't think the heat would be a big factor in young pullets, but it certainly is in older hens. You'll probably start getting eggs in the next couple weeks. You could also have the eggs or BBQ chicken talk with them.

 

[ruthanne]

Gerti and Pearl are the closest. You have a ways to go on the other 2.

medawinks........I have or have had all the breeds you do. Your BCM's will likely take the longest - I wouldn't expect eggs from them until about 24 weeks. I don't think the heat would be a big factor in young pullets, but it certainly is in older hens. You'll probably start getting eggs in the next couple weeks. You could also have the eggs or BBQ chicken talk with them.

LOL its funny. I got all of them at the same time, I ordered them form McMurray's Hatchery. But I guess some were older than the others. I cleaned there nexting box out today. I cant wait till I get some of thoes fresh eggs.

 

[destinidawn]

Someone else started laying not sure who but she laid two eggs at once, one teeny tiny one with a super thick shell and one medium one with no shell my guess the teeny one sat in the shell maker too long till the bigger one came down and both came out at once. Maybe next egg will be right. Loving the first eggs sooo cool

 

[SunnyAlberta]

Momma, 24 week old Buff Orpington, gave me my first-ever egg!

So now I have my SECOND egg from Momma, found two days later. Its just a tad larger. This time she made a BIG DEAL about it, knocking over the waterer and feeder, and squacking non-stop for fifteen minutes. Of course she had to be in violation of our noise bylaw. She laid the egg at 6:45 and quiet time goes until 7 am. I think my first two eggs need to go to the neighbours.

I hope Dorothy Gale and Tripp will be quieter when its their turn.

 

[SunnyAlberta]

Oh! That Sam i Am!!

Awesomeness!

 

[Pele]

So now I have my SECOND egg from Momma, found two days later. Its just a tad larger. This time she made a BIG DEAL about it, knocking over the waterer and feeder, and squacking non-stop for fifteen minutes. Of course she had to be in violation of our noise bylaw. She laid the egg at 6:45 and quiet time goes until 7 am. I think my first two eggs need to go to the neighbours.

I hope Dorothy Gale and Tripp will be quieter when its their turn.

Ahaaha, I know right? I ended up getting so tired of the 6:30 scream-fest that I put a water-gun on our patio table. All I had to do was stumble outside, give them a quick squirt, and they'd all huffily trundle inside the coop.

They rarely do it anymore. Ah sweet peaceful mornings.

 

[SunnyAlberta]

I ended up getting so tired of the 6:30 scream-fest that I put a water-gun on our patio table.

Ah... good idea.

 

[CrzyCknLady]

I am so excited! My ladies are 17 weeks old today. Today I thought, maybe I should go out and work on my nesting boxes since they will be laying soon. Imagine my shock when I discovered two piles of eggs down on the floor in the dark corner under the nesting boxes.....After digging and digging, I ended up with a dozen eggs and my lovely Beyonce' begging me to get out of there so she could lay an egg.

I definitely have at least two girls laying - but I suspect I have four at the moment. I thought I had more time but I guess they had other plans.

I hadn't even been looking for eggs in this area (under the nesting boxes where it's dark and private) - just under or near the roosting bars......I guess it was silly of me not to look in the one spot they probably would lay in.



She was getting ready to lay another egg.....but I upset her when I grabbed all of these out of the coop because was was kind of pecking around at them. I ended up having to find a golf ball in order to get her to lay her egg.


I suspect this was our first egg - it was the smallest.

The haul on the first day that I realized we were getting eggs....... The top right one is the one that Beyonce' laid when I was working on the nesting boxes - the rest were what I found as I dug around in the pine shavings.....How exciting!

 

[rlhagan56]

Our first egg finally !!!! Taa Daa! It is just perfect and smooth as a baby's butt! I found it in the run this morning, I know the culprit layed it yesterday because yesterday was the first day I didn't go check LOL! I am pretty sure it was my Buffy the Buff Orp because she started doing the egg song about four days ago and yesterday she was in the coop singing. I heard her jump down from somewhere (hoping the nesting boxes) when she heard me in the run giving out dried mealworms. I gave them all a lecture that those high protein snacks of theirs had better help one of them show me an egg soon or else! Just now I was out and Buffy was in the henhouse again, but on the poop board. Good grief chicksters. My other chickens never laid an egg anywhere except in the nest boxes, I didn't have to go egg hunting and they lived like pioneer chickens with no *facilities* like these girls have. Buffy was actually 20 weeks old yesterday too. I didn't realize she and the Barred Rock Baby were a week younger till just now. Good girl Buffy!