FIRST EGG EVER!!!!!!

[Bock-Bock-Bagock]

I'm very excited about my first egg from my girls. So this is my first time raising laying hens or chickens in general. I started with 5 day old chicks and have gotten to the egg laying!!! I'm fairly confident this is from my Barred Rock, Pepper. She is the one that reacts when you scratch her back and was the only one I saw in the nesting box. The other two still run away when you scratch their backside. They are over 20 weeks old at this point and I started to wonder when I was going to be getting eggs.
It's tiny, but I'm so proud of my girl. Hope she keeps making them.

 

[peafowl_Lover]

Yay it's always eggsiting for the first egg.

 

[TooCheep]

Congrats! Pullet eggs often start smaller, but will grow over time. Looks good.

 

[Bock-Bock-Bagock]

Congrats! Pullet eggs often start smaller, but will grow over time. Looks good.

The next one she laid was about 25% bigger. She's on her 4th egg in a week and they've gotten bigger.

 

[Bock-Bock-Bagock]

Yay it's always eggsiting for the first egg.

She's been popping them out. She started laying a week ago and she's on egg #4 already.

 

[WingsysRoost]

Congratulations! The first egg is definitely exciting!

I found that my Barred Rocks would average an egg either daily or every other once they got going.

 

[GirlsHuntToo]

Yay! Congratulations on your first egg!

 

[Mrs. K]

I just got my 14 year trophy on here, and had chickens before that - still get that feeling when you find the treasure!

 

[Bock-Bock-Bagock]

I just got my 14 year trophy on here, and had chickens before that - still get that feeling when you find the treasure!

It's especially rewarding having them from 5 days old. My dad suggested I get pullets or laying hens, but I wanted to start from chicks and have the experience of rearing them.

 

[Mrs. K]

I just got a surprise. A bright green egg. I have 6 pullets, one hatched in April, and she has been laying a while. One who hatched in May and I have been expecting an egg from her any day now, but she is a production red - should have a brown egg. SOOOO???

I do have 4 young pullets who I picked up in early August - and they might have been two weeks old, which would make them MAYBE 15 weeks. I am not quite sure what they are - but the don't look EE to me, more of a brown leghorn type. I was expecting white or brown eggs.

So who is laying? This hobby is so much fun.

Mrs K