First Egg Countdown

[Happy Chooks]

Junibutt - congrats on the double yolker! I keep a spreadsheet as well of my hens laying.

 

[Junibutt]

Mable is a silver laced Wyandotte, though she has the incorrect comb and is not of breeding quality - she will lay eggs just fine for you. She does look close to laying.

You probably have a few more weeks on Koko. She is getting there, but doesn't look super close.

Thanks for your affirmation. I am super-excited even though my first flock of 3 are already laying. Mable will be the first one from her flock I think. Even though she is not pure but she sure looks pretty.

I just want one of my hens to lay an extra large egg on a regular basis instead of occasional double yolkers.

So far Tree-Trunks lays a Pee-Vee egg (less than 43g) and once a week an extra large double yolker
Pepe lays a small egg 48-50 g every day. Almost no variation on it
Marcy started with a medium but now lays borderline large (58-60g) every day.

Keeping my fingers crossed!

 

[meemnum1]

Is that last picture of the barred rock a hen or a rooster?

 

[kmollyhughes]

Rooster.

 

[belljmr]

Can anyone or thremoderator tell me why I would find two shell less eggs? They all have been laying successfully beautiful eggs and I found two today. The only changes is the weather, had around 4 days of heat indexes over 100. And also switched to pellets instead of crumbles. Still mixing in the Oyster shell. I put out some in a dish by itself as well. Any ideas and should I be worried.? I don't know which chicken (s) it is. They are 24 weeks.

 

[kpsocalchicks89]

Is this I'm making a nest behavior? She was laying down and moving everything around her.....

 

[belljmr]

Is this I'm making a nest behavior? She was laying down and moving everything around her.....

if this isn't inside the coop, then she is taking a dirt/dust bath. They do this to cool down and rest. Least that is what mine do.

 

[belljmr]

Can anyone or thremoderator tell me why I would find two shell less eggs? They all have been laying successfully beautiful eggs and I found two today. The only changes is the weather, had around 4 days of heat indexes over 100. And also switched to pellets instead of crumbles. Still mixing in the Oyster shell. I put out some in a dish by itself as well. Any ideas and should I be worried.? I don't know which chicken (s) it is. They are 24 weeks.

 

[Happy Chooks]

Is this I'm making a nest behavior? She was laying down and moving everything around her.....

Looks like dust bathing. With nesting behavior, they will pick up pieces of bedding or feathers and put them over their back.

 

[Happy Chooks]

Can anyone or thremoderator tell me why I would find two shell less eggs? They all have been laying successfully beautiful eggs and I found two today. The only changes is the weather, had around 4 days of heat indexes over 100. And also switched to pellets instead of crumbles. Still mixing in the Oyster shell. I put out some in a dish by itself as well. Any ideas and should I be worried.? I don't know which chicken (s) it is. They are 24 weeks.

Perfectly normal with new layers. It is part of their bodies adjusting to laying.