First Egg Countdown

[Happy Chooks]

Soft shells are normal with new layers.

 

[Too Fast]

Reading all these makes me so anxious for my girls.....I just know I'll be the wild idiot running like a crackhead getting a fix when we get our first egg.....time for my girls to start working off their debts

Funny stuff there. That's kinda how we do it around here, still so eggcited to be getting eggs. We are up to 25-30 a week now! From 0 in the middle of June to that, and we only have 5 of the 7 hens laying. Our first was from our leghorns, one of the girls was only 15.5 weeks old.

Got 2 eggs, so far, from my new ladies. Still waiting on my pullet, she is in her teenage weeks, I really wish I knew her exact age!

...no, wait, we got three eggs. Three eggs today from our three new ladies

Very nice! I've had egg sandwiches the last 3 mornings, so tender and flavorful.

 

[sonderah]

Boiled a dozen yummy fresh eggs last night to make some egg salad today!!! Mmmmmmm....Gonna be sooo yummy!!!!

 

[sonderah]

Chicken math is inevitable.
Some hatcheries let you order just one or two adult birds. One downside is that they're kind of wild when they come, but you can order any breed and they're female. I just received a Marans and an EE from Murray McMurray. The shipping price is steep, and the birds were much younger than promised (8 weeks instead of 16), but on the bright side they are both female, healthy, and hopefully I can tame them to trust me a little more. I think if there was a farm nearby I would have just called and asked to purchase a couple of started pullets. If that's an option for you, I suggest the farm.
I began wanting just two birds, and now I have 8!

Wow!! I looked them up. You were so not joking! $70 shipping!!! I may go for it some day and get a Buff Orphington though. I'm eager to have a hen that will go broody, and hatch some new babies!! Thanks for the info!

 

[Happy Chooks]

Wow!! I looked them up. You were so not joking! $70 shipping!!! I may go for it some day and get a Buff Orphington though. I'm eager to have a hen that will go broody, and hatch some new babies!!

Thanks for the info!

Careful what you wish for. I've had 9 broodies so far this year. They are driving me crazy. I'm getting some chicks for the Orp that crushed her babies in their eggs but won't stop sitting.

If you REALLY want a broody, get a bird from a breeder, not a hatchery.

 

[sonderah]

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Wow!! I looked them up. You were so not joking! $70 shipping!!! I may go for it some day and get a Buff Orphington though. I'm eager to have a hen that will go broody, and hatch some new babies!!

Thanks for the info!

Careful what you wish for. I've had 9 broodies so far this year. They are driving me crazy. I'm getting some chicks for the Orp that crushed her babies in their eggs but won't stop sitting.

If you REALLY want a broody, get a bird from a breeder, not a hatchery.

Oh wow! Lol That would be annoying to have so many. Idk if mine r even old enough to get broody. They are only like 19 week old red pullets. Got them at tractor supply this Spring. My first little chicks!! And I am severely addicted already. I LOVE sitting out back watching them!!! I would prefer to get a few from a breeder where I can just go pick them up. Lol So far, I haven't found anyone who knows anyone around here.

 

[locoguru]

Well this time she got it right with a shell!

 

[gardner601]

Just got our very first egg yesterday!!! I have already posted this in a couple other places but I am posting it here too. Can you tell how excited we are to get our first???

 

[gardner601]

some of our chickens...

 

[annie82005]

As of today we have 3 girls laying. 7 more to go!!!!!