First Egg Countdown

[chicken chickie]

I just got my first egg today ...it's perfect ..my white leghorn Ginger made this for me ... I'm so happy

 

[sunflour]

Oh and not to brag, but my first egg (laid today) just happens to be laid on
"World Egg Day"!

Google it, I can't make this stuff up!

Never heard of it, thanks for info…seems it has been celebrated elsewhere for 50 years and we have been left out.
But guess my girls knew all 4 laying right now laid yesterday.


Guess we should mark our calendars to celebrate it next year!

 

[sunflour]

@chicken chickie
Congratulations….looks like a large one.

 

[Happy Chooks]

I just got my first egg today ...it's perfect ..my white leghorn Ginger made this for me ... I'm so happy

Congrats!

 

[chicken chickie]

Thank you me and Ginger : )

 

[chicken chickie]

I meant " From me and Ginger ": )

 

[chicken chickie]

What time of day typically do they lay their eggs ....or is it just whenever it's ready

 

[Farm Girl 1]

Chickens for the first few days will lay whenever as long as its day time, but after a while they start to lay earlier in the day around 7:00am-12:00pm.

 

[sunflour]

What time of day typically do they lay their eggs ....or is it just whenever it's ready

I have 6 hens 19 months old, they lay up til a few hours before dark. But with dark now around 7 pm, most are laid by 3:00 pm.

 

[girlybirds]

FINALLY, Yesterday i got 2 eggs! And 2 more today! One of my NHR's laid and my White? laid! I knew they were ready but the NH didnt want the Big White? near the coop, (took some time for me to figure this out) the noise was unreal then Big White grabbed ahold of NHs' behind, I realized they were fighting over the coop, the other 4 girls were all upset, so noisy, so i ran and got a dog crate, filled it with nest material and low and behold, Big White liked it and she went and sat inside, NH went in the coop and the other
4 girls took a nice nap under their favorite tree! 1hr and 45min later at 1:50 pm, they laid same time! They sang the egg song and sure enough each one had an egg! I was and remain thrilled! They are very protective of the coop and crate now is this normal? even if I walk near it they come running from afar to remind me to not touch the eggs! Today however, Im not sure who laid, I do know though one of todays eggs came from a RIR whom I did not know was ready!!!! I've waited a very long time and believe I know the rookie mistake i made!!! There was not enough headroom roost to ceiling and i believe they were not growing right as soon as i realized this and lowered the roost, the pelvic bones began to open and within 3-4 weeks well we have eggs!