first egg layed

[chickenmomma6]

I lost 2 of my girls to racoons so I have 3 girls left. went out this morning to let them out of their coop and found 2 eggs. my ameraucana girls are 18 weeks old.

 

[wamtazlady]

Congratulations!! First eggs are always the best.

 

[CannedMonster]

Congratulations! It’s exciting when you get your first eggs.
Just an FYI,
Ameracaunas shouldn’t lay brown eggs.
Some Easter Eggers might though.

 

[chickenmomma6]

Congratulations! It’s exciting when you get your first eggs.
Just an FYI,
Ameracaunas shouldn’t lay brown eggs.
Some Easter Eggers might though.

really. maybe they are Easter eggers then. I got them from tractor supply when they were doing their chick days. hmmmm

 

[chickenmomma6]

Congratulations!! First eggs are always the best.

thank you, I was shocked when I seen them I wasn't expecting them to lay eggs yet

 

[CannedMonster]

really. maybe they are Easter eggers then. I got them from tractor supply when they were doing their chick days. hmmmm

TSC gets their chicks from Hoover Hatchery.
The TSC staff are notorious for mislabeling their chicks and not knowing one breed from another. It’s pretty ridiculous sometimes.

Some hatcheries call them Ameracaunas.
But they’re actually EE.
What’s the difference?
Ameracaunas are not a mixed breed and will always lay blue eggs and will be sold as specific colors; wheaten, black, blue, splash, white, etc.

Easter Eggers are mixed breeds that have some Ameracauna genes so they lay various colored eggs. Usually some kind of blue or green but sometimes brown or even pink looking ones.
They can’t be sold as specific colors since they’re mixed and there’s no telling what they’ll look like when they feather out.

Do you have pictures of your birds you can post?
Many people on this site have helped identify what breeds people have.

 

[frostic]

I lost 2 of my girls to racoons so I have 3 girls left. went out this morning to let them out of their coop and found 2 eggs. my ameraucana girls are 18 weeks old.

gratz on them first eggs! Mine started laying at 18 weeks too they are RIRs... we are 18 week twins lol

 

[chickenmomma6]

TSC gets their chicks from Hoover Hatchery.
The TSC staff are notorious for mislabeling their chicks and not knowing one breed from another. It’s pretty ridiculous sometimes.

Some hatcheries call them Ameracaunas.
But they’re actually EE.
What’s the difference?
Ameracaunas are not a mixed breed and will always lay blue eggs and will be sold as specific colors; wheaten, black, blue, splash, white, etc.

Easter Eggers are mixed breeds that have some Ameracauna genes so they lay various colored eggs. Usually some kind of blue or green but sometimes brown or even pink looking ones.
They can’t be sold as specific colors since they’re mixed and there’s no telling what they’ll look like when they feather out.

Do you have pictures of your birds you can post?
Many people on this site have helped identify what breeds people have.

 

[chickenmomma6]

gratz on them first eggs! Mine started laying at 18 weeks too they are RIRs... we are 18 week twins lol

I was shocked to see eggs already

 

[chickenmomma6]

TSC gets their chicks from Hoover Hatchery.
The TSC staff are notorious for mislabeling their chicks and not knowing one breed from another. It’s pretty ridiculous sometimes.

Some hatcheries call them Ameracaunas.
But they’re actually EE.
What’s the difference?
Ameracaunas are not a mixed breed and will always lay blue eggs and will be sold as specific colors; wheaten, black, blue, splash, white, etc.

Easter Eggers are mixed breeds that have some Ameracauna genes so they lay various colored eggs. Usually some kind of blue or green but sometimes brown or even pink looking ones.
They can’t be sold as specific colors since they’re mixed and there’s no telling what they’ll look like when they feather out.

Do you have pictures of your birds you can post?
Many people on this site have helped identify what breeds people have.