We got our 5 chicks last March. We watched them grow, let our kids and dogs get to know them, and just took care of them for about 5 months. We had o idea when they would lay, so we weren't anxiously waiting for that first egg. Then one day, I went out to give them their morning feed and water, and I decided to look in the back of the coop, were we have the doors behind the nesting boxed, and was I surprised to find FIVE EGGS! Not sure if they layed them all that one day, because I wasn't sure if anyone checked for eggs the day before, but was thrilled to find the
eggs nonetheless! Here is a picture of our first eggs back on 9/15/13!
I got my first egg last Friday, nearly 19 weeks old and it came from one of my smaller hens who I think is a leghorn (meyer hatchery-hatcher's choice). Although they are small eggs she's laid 3 in 4 days! Waiting for the other 10 to kick it in to gear.
I got my first egg last Friday, nearly 19 weeks old and it came from one of my smaller hens who I think is a leghorn (meyer hatchery-hatcher's choice). Although they are small eggs she's laid 3 in 4 days! Waiting for the other 10 to kick it in to gear.
We got our 5 chicks last March. We watched them grow, let our kids and dogs get to know them, and just took care of them for about 5 months. We had o idea when they would lay, so we weren't anxiously waiting for that first egg. Then one day, I went out to give them their morning feed and water, and I decided to look in the back of the coop, were we have the doors behind the nesting boxed, and was I surprised to find FIVE EGGS! Not sure if they layed them all that one day, because I wasn't sure if anyone checked for eggs the day before, but was thrilled to find the
eggs nonetheless! Here is a picture of our first eggs back on 9/15/13!
I got my first egg last Friday, nearly 19 weeks old and it came from one of my smaller hens who I think is a leghorn (meyer hatchery-hatcher's choice). Although they are small eggs she's laid 3 in 4 days! Waiting for the other 10 to kick it in to gear.
I am still waiting on my first egg, and not very patiently, I might add. I am so excited to get the first egg and I want my girls to hurry up. I know I still have bit to go as they are only 19 and 1/2 weeks old, but I am so disappointed when I see that they have been in the nest box, but there are no eggs. Maybe soon! Maybe soon!
I am still waiting on my first egg, and not very patiently, I might add. I am so excited to get the first egg and I want my girls to hurry up. I know I still have bit to go as they are only 19 and 1/2 weeks old, but I am so disappointed when I see that they have been in the nest box, but there are no eggs. Maybe soon! Maybe soon!
My two Cochin girls will be twenty weeks at months end....the egg countdown has begun however I have been told this breed matures slowly and are late layers....so...I check the nesting boxes twice a day....So excited.
