My Barney girl laid her first egg today. Not sure what to make of its size. Micro egg. She is a 10 months old Barnavelder. The egg weighed 1/4 ounce.
Ten months is an awfully long time to wait for that! It is adorable. This should get her going!
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Ten months is an awfully long time to wait for that! It is adorable. This should get her going!
I'm currently awaiting my precious flock of 5 araucanas, 3 dark cornish, 3 silver spangled hamburgs, and 4 barred rocks to stop holding out on me and start laying. My girls are 22 weeks old this past Friday. They are spoiled rotten, between their laying crumbles and healthy snacks so I guess it's just a waiting game now. A couple of my girls have red combs which I read here is an indicator that it'll be soon. I guess they are just not ready or they're mad I haven't ordered them mealworms in a couple weeks. Here are a few pictures of my girls.
I'm currently awaiting my precious flock of 5 araucanas, 3 dark cornish, 3 silver spangled hamburgs, and 4 barred rocks to stop holding out on me and start laying. My girls are 22 weeks old this past Friday. They are spoiled rotten, between their laying crumbles and healthy snacks so I guess it's just a waiting game now. A couple of my girls have red combs which I read here is an indicator that it'll be soon. I guess they are just not ready or they're mad I haven't ordered them mealworms in a couple weeks. Here are a few pictures of my girls.
Awww! So pretty! I'm partial to the SS Hamburgs, as we have 13 pullets and a cockerel of that breed, but I love all chickens! It shouldn't be too much longer! One of our Hamburgs laid the first egg at a little over 26 weeks!
Congrats!SHE DID IT WOOOOWOEIEOWIIWWW!! The most perfect baby egg ever .
Congrats! Love that dark egg!My first egg (on left) from Thursday and the second egg (on right) from today. I'm hoping to get my third tomorrow!!!!
You can cook them and feed them back to your chickens too. They love the extra protein.Here are the eggs we got today. Nine! I have come to the realization that we have way more eggs than we know what to do with. I've got three dozen in the fridge right now, not counting what we got today! Yikes! I'm seriously going to go ask the local food bank if they would be willing to take some of our eggs. Lol!
We gave a few to the crows this morning for helping us drive hawks away from our property, they do a fabulous job of it and I am more than willing to bribe them to hang around, but it didn't even make a dent in the growing pile. I guess it's a matter of being careful what you wish for!
10 months is not at all unusual for a barnevelder. They are slow to mature.
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. First two eggs from our EE and our biggest egg ever from our regular layers.
Wow! The chicken that laid the huge egg must have some emu genes, lol!
Oh, yes! I do cook some of the eggs and feed them back to the chickens. They LOVE them!
Thanks, Happy Chooks! It is nice knowing that she is normal. Can't wait to see the next egg. Micro, normal, who know?!
Was this from your BR you showed us a pic of a week or so ago? Very Pretty! Congratulations!
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We are having cold rain and sleet today, but luckily it does not seem to bother the chickens-- we got 6 eggs today, and all but one were actually in the nest boxes this time. They are starting to get the hang of things....
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