First Egg Countdown

[loopy119]

I have an EE X Marans pullet that is (by my estimate) 25 weeks old and STILL hasn't given me a first egg... Ugh. I have wanted olive eggs for soooooo long and she's holding out on me! I don't think I have posted enough to add pics, but she is black with some reddish/brown feathers around her head and neck.

 

[Happy Chooks]

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Of course it still counts.

And my first broody was 7 months old. So, yes, it's possible.

 

[Happy Chooks]

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you get an egg soon!

 

[Pele]

Lol, llnmaw, your girls are smart. They know that they increase their chances of getting treats if they trick you into coming out to see them

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to loopy119! I'm glad I'm not the only one in this thread waiting for a stubborn EE!

 

[frogdogs]

YIPEE!!!! We got our first egg today!!! Small perfect brown egg on the right! Don't know who layed it, though I suspect it's either our 22 weeks old Aussie/EE mix or one of our 19 week old BO's (We have two that have really red wattles and combs at this point)

 

[HappyFarmLady]

Do you suppose the heat will delay the egg laying?

 

[ssellis]

Hurray, got my first 2 eggs today, thinking they were Bantam eggs, they were Brown eggs and I have white Leghorns also. no white eggs yet

 

[jhook1997]

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Me too! Got our first this morning...I had already put it on the "First Egg" when I saw this post. Still waiting for 15 others to lay!

 

[jhook1997]

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This sounds familiar. Our 2 White Leghorns are 18 weeks and the rest are 14 weeks or under. The first egg was brown....not Leghorn!

 

[EHaus]

Lol, I started reading through this thread about four days ago, still waiting on my EE's to start laying. What do you think I should find today when I got to the end of all these posts but our first tiny, mint-green egg!

They were 21 weeks old yesterday and had been showing the signs for about 2 weeks. They started seriously checking out the nest boxes a couple of days ago. Here are my suspects...

Morgan

Blanket

Dusk

Electra