First Egg Countdown

[Delight30]

Congrats!

 

[LadyCluck77]

B

Another EE first today! Yesss! !

That is beautiful! And is that snow in the pic?

 

[MalMom]

My sister got her chicks after I did and hers are already laying! **** my chickens!

 

[kmollyhughes]

B
That is beautiful! And is that snow in the pic?

Ha! I wish it was snow. Carpet in our living room. It was 97' here today. Even had the chicken coop swamper going for the laying girls as they came in. .........awwwww....snow. Can't wait.

 

[Happy Chooks]

Beautiful blue egg!

One of my broodies just adopted 4 EE babies, so hopefully one will lay a nice blue!

Congrats to everyone getting eggs!

 

[eyotig25]

I am wondering when to open their nesting boxes...our first group of girls r 14 weeks and we have 2 each of jersey gianst...buff orpingtons...light brahmas and speckled sussex. We also have 4 one month olds 2 rhode island reds and two black astrulopes

 

[CBartley]

My girls are (roughly) 17 weeks old. We have quite a mix: 3 RIRs, 1 barred rock, 3 silver laced wyandottes, 2 gold laced Wyandotte, & 3 ISA browns. We keep hoping to find some eggs soon, but so far no luck. Unless they are laying under the coop and behind our compost bins...

 

[kmollyhughes]

My Barred Rocks and Orpington laid at 17-18 weeks. All others were 18. I'd open the nest boxes up and put out golf balls so they can scope it out and build a nest if they want to.

 

[eyotig25]

Thank u kmollyhughes I am a complete newbie and have no idea what to do or look for can sone one tell me what a broody hen is and what is a egg song? Do they do special things when they r going to lay their eggs? And how do u tell which egg is from which hens? I have so many questions I will probably make everyone crazy

 

[Delight30]

I am new also, but let me see if I can help: An egg song is a type of clucking the chickens do prior to and during the egg laying process. Broody means the hen wants to hatch the eggs she has laid and will sit on the nest and only come off to eat and drink. As for which egg came for what hen, you could tell by color or by separating the hens to determine who is laying what egg. Mine are not laying yet, however, I have on hen that is ready, she is squatting and she is the only one that has a large red comb and waddle, so when I get my first egg, I know it will be from her. Hope that helps, but some of the veterans should chime in also.