First Egg Countdown

[chickadee5002]

I am SOOOO impatient too, can I join in?

my pullets are 18 weeks old, I have Marans, Welsummers and a Wyandotte (she will be later than the others I am guessing).

I gave away some of the Welsummer pullets, and I just heard that they're laying over there already! OMG! Mine aren't!
In fact, I think one of my Marans girls (bertha) will be first. She's biggest, with the biggest comb and wattle.......
Today, I found Bertha making her own nest outside the nesting boxes, silly girl... I guess it is good that she is displaying nesting behavior though. She is pulling the straw out of the boxes and dug a hole in the sand flooring

whatever gets her to lay an egg!

What helped with me was putting golf balls in a few of the nest boxes. They have always layed in them and never anywhere else. They have been laying for about 6 months now and I tried taking the golf balls out last month and they flipped out! They wouldn't lay anything for me for a week! I put the golf balls back and bam 8 eggs from 8 hens. Silly girls, so I leave the golf balls in there. Doesn't hurt anything and they like them!

 

[Farmer Viola]

oh I forgot, I even put 2 fake eggs in one of the nests!
she just pulled all the straw out from around the eggs lol

 

[chicksurreal]

I am SOOOO impatient too, can I join in?

my pullets are 18 weeks old, I have Marans, Welsummers and a Wyandotte (she will be later than the others I am guessing).

I gave away some of the Welsummer pullets, and I just heard that they're laying over there already! OMG! Mine aren't!
In fact, I think one of my Marans girls (bertha) will be first. She's biggest, with the biggest comb and wattle.......
Today, I found Bertha making her own nest outside the nesting boxes, silly girl... I guess it is good that she is displaying nesting behavior though. She is pulling the straw out of the boxes and dug a hole in the sand flooring

whatever gets her to lay an egg!

Sounds like she's getting ready! My cockerel started showing the pullets where to lay a few days before they started laying (it was really cute), so it should be soon!

 

[chickadee5002]

oh I forgot, I even put 2 fake eggs in one of the nests!
she just pulled all the straw out from around the eggs lol

 

[tsiecz]

so I went out today and three more started laying ( guessing my buff orpingtons) and one of my Easter eggers. That make 5 out if twelve . Be patient people they will come.

 

[Happy Chooks]

I am SOOOO impatient too, can I join in?

my pullets are 18 weeks old, I have Marans, Welsummers and a Wyandotte (she will be later than the others I am guessing).

I gave away some of the Welsummer pullets, and I just heard that they're laying over there already! OMG! Mine aren't!
In fact, I think one of my Marans girls (bertha) will be first. She's biggest, with the biggest comb and wattle.......
Today, I found Bertha making her own nest outside the nesting boxes, silly girl... I guess it is good that she is displaying nesting behavior though. She is pulling the straw out of the boxes and dug a hole in the sand flooring

whatever gets her to lay an egg!

Welcome! Sounds like they are practicing nesting - that is a very good sign!

so I went out today and three more started laying ( guessing my buff orpingtons) and one of my Easter eggers. That make 5 out if twelve . Be patient people they will come.

Nice!

 

[Farmer Viola]

OMG!! First egg is here already!
I was prepared for a long wait... and I predicted a Marans would be first. NOPE!
this egg was laid by a Welsummer, 18 and a half weeks old!!!

(storebought on left)

 

[fallenangel79]

. First two eggs from our EE and our biggest egg ever from our regular layers.

 

[2lilchkns]

5 eggs today! Slowly but surely, they are jumping a-board the egg train. I don't know when this will wear off, but I get so excited every time I go out there and find a new egg!

 

[fasschicks]

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.