First Egg EVER!!!

[TimberLine Homestead]

or moss, sage, and serama
there adorable

 

[TimberLine Homestead]

No sure if this is where I should post this but I had a surprise in the coop today. Me and my kids seem to be the only ones excited about it. My husband is just like yeah that’s what they do.

I had noticed that the nesting material was thrown around in the coop. So I went to investigate. Upon poking my head in I figured they just threw it around because I pushed the curtains up. Well to my surprise there was a brown egg in the nest box!! I didn’t think I would be this excited. I knew I had two girls that were close but I’m not sure who laid it. I was beginning to wonder if I should look under the coop for eggs.

Buttercup, Honey and their egg. I think Honey is the one that laid it. She’s the RIR with the bright red comb. View attachment 2509664View attachment 2509665View attachment 2509666View attachment 2509667View attachment 2509675

Which one squats for you??

 

[CluckerFamily]

Congratulations!!

 

[Smileybans]

@Smileybans have you ever heard of cherry eggers?

What are those???!!
My head roo is an EE and he has been “kissing”, as my kids call it, these two girls for at least a month now. My boys saw him kissing buttercup and was like “it was buttercup who laid the egg. Fuzzy and buttercup are married now. When will the baby hatch?” They’re 8 but I had to explain to them we cannot hatch every egg they lay. That is too many chicks. But I do want to breed my Fuzzy guy.

 

[Smileybans]

If I touch their backs they both squat for me. But so far only these girls. Not the olive eggers. I just noticed it the other day actually. I have a video of Fuzzy just walking by Buttercup and she squats. Buttercup seems to be his favorite.

 

[Winter Creek Coop]

Woooohooooo. First egg is definitely celebration worthy!!!

 

[theoldchick]

 

[chickmamato7]

Congrats! First dozen will be another milestone to celebrate!

 

[Smileybans]

Oh I can’t imagine the first dozen! But it has me so excited. I can’t wait to check today to see if there’s another egg!

 

[chickmamato7]

It happens fast! I got my first egg on the 21st and hit 2 dozen as of today! 5 out of 6 hens are now laying, so production is about to go up!