First Egg Countdown

[breezychick]

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They get bigger over time, like a couple months. It's really gradual, so you probably won't notice it unless you keep one of the small eggs. Then after their first molt, the eggs for most hens get lots bigger.

I hadn't thought my eggs got that big, then I got a new pullet laying and I thought, they were really that little. Funny how your perspective changes.

Thanks! I don't think I can save an egg because they are just to yummy. Looking forward to the bigger eggs and for the rest of my flock (eight more chikens) to start laying too!

 

[Happy Chooks]

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An hour isn't unusual. Some of my girls will lay their egg, and settle back down on the nest for a nap. They get up when their done resting.

My girl that went broody was on the nest progressively longer. It got to where she was sitting for 6 hours and had her belly plucked clean. She did this for 3 months, before she finally stopped laying and stayed on the nest at night.

 

[CarolynF]

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Wow... all 3 on the same day, who woulda thought! Congratulations!
My EE sits on the nest for an hour every day that she lays, so no worries it's a personality thing.

 

[vjbakke]

My gsl will be 17 weeks next week, one has a very developed comb and wattles. None of them are squatting yet. I also have 2 doms that will be 16 wks old next week. One has visions problems that have set her back some. So for those two I know will lay later. Everyday I go out there hoping one of then will do the squat, they just buak at me like ' here comes the crazy chicken lady again! " They are so sweet though.

 

[ima57boomer]

 

[ronott1]

My five Australorps are driving me crazy! They are 22 weeks old and four of them have been squatting for more than two weeks. Today there were at least three egg songs, but no eggs. They are also checking out the nest boxes--knocking the fake eggs and golf balls out and kicking out the pine shavings. Two of them were in one nest box, but still not egg!

This is encouraging--I should have eggs from them any day not--but also frustrating.

Go Chickens

Ron

 

[N&MSchroeder]

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This sounds like my house! My girls are 21 weeks and I have 5 who are squatting, singing, moving the golf balls just like yours and just like yours-no eggs. What's up with that? I did find an interesting egg this afternoon in the run, but I don't know who laid it.

Hard shell, but kind of translucent looking. I do have some consolation though-I have a leghorn who has been laying since the 7th and she just gave us her 14th egg this morning-always in the nest box and always beautiful. They were indeed worth the wait! Incredible!

 

[Mtn Margie]

Today, one of my 19 week old Barred Rocks gave me the first egg of this years crew. Last year, the pullets were all late bloomers, close to 6 months old.

 

[N&MSchroeder]

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Congratulations!

 

[wowmanacat]

Well today I noticed that the twins(RIR) are getting redder in the comb and wattles. I had found a picture of them from May and form that and what I am seeing now I would say sometime next month I should get my first egg. After that it is going to be Oct or Nov before I get any eggs from ones that I hatched. I got the new nest boxes build and in there so they are not 4 ft of the ground. I like it better since I don't have to walk all the way in the coop now to see if there are eggs. I just hope they will lay in there or the run and not in the yard some place for they free range.