First Egg Countdown

[OScarlet]

Our first egg! From our daftest chicken of the lot. Lovely but completely clueless.



it matches the paint on our kitchen wall as close as if we had done it on purpose!

Our chickens seemed to be freaked out by this new development. They stood around saying "wasn't me" while looking at each other with the freaked out open beak expression. I swear I saw our BO Hazel point her wing at Lydia the EE though "fud lady, it was HER!"

 

[chynasparks]

All 3 of my girls are laying but one doesn't lay every day. I suspect it's the RIR. And lately one will lay in the middle of the sand floor, not up in the nest boxes. Not every day but once in a while. What could that be about?

 

[BunnyLover44]

Mine does the same, I have found an egg jest right out side the nesting boxes but no in it, this has happene twice so far, they just started to lay about a month ago. Any advice how to figure out why this happens would be great!

 

[chynasparks]

I was told to put a fake egg in the nest box but I didn't have to. My 2 buffs took to the nest right off. The red, well, first egg was on the llower level floor then she used the nest and just yesterday we found an egg on the floor again. I have 2 nests for them but they use just one.

 

[LisaLouHoo]

Had to share this mystery egg. It's the little white one between my Wyandotte egg and a red grape. It is extremely small. First of all, I have 4 pullets that are 20 weeks old that are New Hampshire crossed with Easter Egger or Silver-Laced Wyandotte. I'm waiting for them to lay their first eggs but totally expecting them to be brown eggs NOT white. I have one white leghorn hen that consistently lays large white eggs. She didn't lay one today, but this dinky egg is definitely not her usual size egg. If it were brown, I would definitely give credit to one of my newbies, so that's why I'm calling it a mystery egg because of color and size.

You never know what you're gonna find in the coop. This was laid in the nest box, too.

 

[Chrysolinsbirds]

I was so excited today I found a blue/light green egg near the nest boxes this afternoon =) which means one of my lavender Am's has started to lay

wish I had a white egg to collect today but here's a Br egg for size. Not the best light either the br egg was my darkest yet.

 

[Happy Chooks]

Our first egg! From our daftest chicken of the lot. Lovely but completely clueless.



it matches the paint on our kitchen wall as close as if we had done it on purpose!

Our chickens seemed to be freaked out by this new development. They stood around saying "wasn't me" while looking at each other with the freaked out open beak expression. I swear I saw our BO Hazel point her wing at Lydia the EE though "fud lady, it was HER!"

Congrats!

All 3 of my girls are laying but one doesn't lay every day. I suspect it's the RIR. And lately one will lay in the middle of the sand floor, not up in the nest boxes. Not every day but once in a while. What could that be about?

She probably didn't realize the egg was coming and didn't make it back. She'll figure it out in time.

Had to share this mystery egg. It's the little white one between my Wyandotte egg and a red grape. It is extremely small. First of all, I have 4 pullets that are 20 weeks old that are New Hampshire crossed with Easter Egger or Silver-Laced Wyandotte. I'm waiting for them to lay their first eggs but totally expecting them to be brown eggs NOT white. I have one white leghorn hen that consistently lays large white eggs. She didn't lay one today, but this dinky egg is definitely not her usual size egg. If it were brown, I would definitely give credit to one of my newbies, so that's why I'm calling it a mystery egg because of color and size.

You never know what you're gonna find in the coop. This was laid in the nest box, too.

That is a fart egg - a whoopsie in the egg factory. They usually don't have yolks.

I was so excited today I found a blue/light green egg near the nest boxes this afternoon =) which means one of my lavender Am's has started to lay wish I had a white egg to collect today but here's a Br egg for size. Not the best light either the br egg was my darkest yet.

Congrats!

 

[chynasparks]

Now that's funny! I've heard of egg farts but not a fart egg.

 

[Coop6]

One of the girls isn't earning her keep

. Cracked it open and laughed when I saw the tiny yoke in there!

 

[Whoops]

Hey, I would take a fart egg! I got nuttin' here. 25 weeks. Freeloader chickens!