Xerocles
Songster
Ok. I had resigned myself to the fact that I might not get any eggs until next spring. My initial research indicated chickens start laying in about 20 weeks. My 6 Easter Eggers were brought home the first week of April. Subsequent research on byc says it could take up to 40 weeks. My run is in extremely deep shade all day, and the birds were only off Roost about 12 hours even in the longest days of summer. So the pessimist in me decided I would probably have to wait until spring for my first eggs. In the last few weeks their combs have been going from red to pink to red. Then last week one of them actually squatted. To my shock and surprise. Today when I open the coop I found it! FIRST EGG!!! The $1500 prize! Dropped in the corner of the coop, nowhere near the nesting boxes. But I suppose that will come. Not 100% sure who mama is. But strongly suspect the one who squatted. Everybody has names but two of the pullets are so identical that I can't tell them apart. They are drumstick one and drumstick two. Very plain, nondescript Birds. But one of them is suddenly my favorite! Especially since I half jokingly said that no eggs by Labor Day meant that I was going to invite the preacher over for Sunday dinner. Older Country folk will get the meaning of that.
Smallish in size to be expected from a first. Not really blue, not really green but at least a pleasing color. Pictures beside a store-bought white egg for comparison. I HAVE LAYERS!
Smallish in size to be expected from a first. Not really blue, not really green but at least a pleasing color. Pictures beside a store-bought white egg for comparison. I HAVE LAYERS!
