First egg!! Oyster shells?

[Teresa D]

Hi, my girls are 16 weeks old too, and I am new at all this, but what do you mean, "you measured their bums"?

So their vent is their but and when you turn them around and see how many fingers fit between the pelvic area at their vent two or more they are suppose to be ready to lay eggs.

 

[Teresa D]

I just went to put my girls to bed and found our first egg! I don’t have oyster shells on hand, can I use eggshells? The shell of this egg is hard, but I won’t be able to get to the store until Tuesday afternoon at the earliest. Any input would be appreciated!

How old were they when they started laying?

 

[MommA2K]

How old were they when they started laying?

They’re all the same age and only one is laying so far, she started at 21 weeks!