I was fitting up an outdoor run for the broiler chicks, who do not really wish to go outside, when I happened to glance into the "blonde chickens pen" (3 buff chanteclers and a campine) and saw... hey, what's that little white thing there?... could it be?.... yes, a cute little pullet egg! Here it is with an egg from one of the ISA Browns for comparison: Conveniently, I know it's Hazelnut's since she's the only white-egg layer on the property. I am really surprised, since she was hatched may 1 so that makes her, what, like 18 weeks old. Didn't realize that anything other than sexlinks would typically start laying so soon. Of course it looks kind of like a jellybean in the egg carton next to the other eggs, but still. So, just postin' here to give her due credit [e.t.a. -- sadly, the brown egg in the photo above may be Marigold's last -- she has not been 'right' for a couple weeks, and not laying regularly, and overnight has become very swollen and 'penguin stance'. No sign of a stuck egg. I fear she has been laying internally and become infected She was pretty sad-lookin' tonight. Not much I can really do except keep her comfy and feed extra treats, and see how it goes...] Pat
