First Egg Countdown

[Triple Willow]

No problem!  If you do have a poult that's already a miss broody-pants, plan to use her butt for hatching in the future!  I wish my hens would help me out with hatching, but they're all freeloaders.

Should have got a contract out of them! hahaha

 

[Happy Chooks]

Turned this old shed


Into this new coop

Great job!


I have 3 broodies right now. They are driving me bonkers.

 

[redrstr29]

lol I wish I had a broody, they do get irritating though !!! I hope everythings goin well

 

[Happy Chooks]

lol I wish I had a broody, they do get irritating though !!! I hope everythings goin well

One at a time, they are wonderful. But when you have too many at once, there is too much drama in the coop.

 

[sweetdreaming]

Hi! My 6 RIR's just started laying. The eggs are sometimes kinda odd-shaped and very small (about 1/2 size of store bought large egg). Anyone know long before they're normal sized? Are these little weird ones good to eat or should I wait til their "egg machinery" gets a little more normal? Thnx!

 

[redrstr29]

Hi! My 6 RIR's just started laying. The eggs are sometimes kinda odd-shaped and very small (about 1/2 size of store bought large egg). Anyone know long before they're normal sized? Are these little weird ones good to eat or should I wait til their "egg machinery" gets a little more normal? Thnx!

With in a couple weeks, and by a month they should be medium/large, after their first moult they could get jumbo!!

 

[myfivehens]

We have 4 buff orpingtons that are almost 17 weeks old (give or take a few days, they were 12 wks when we got them). I'm so excited, I can't wait!

Here's 3 of them, I still have a hard time telling them all apart


And one in the nesting box, hopefully that's a good sign!

 

[HomeByBonnie]

We have the first egg!

 

[fingbob]

We have the first egg!

Nice!

 

[redrstr29]

We have the first egg!

Congrats ...Finally, I wish you mannnnnny more !!! your kids must of been excited!!