First egg?? Sort of 🤣

[SemiSweet2391]

A month ago we got two hens from friends! They haven’t laid anything until today, when I found this little thing in the coop this morning!

It was laid by our sapphire olive egger. She’s probably 2-3 years old. I found it on the floor under where she roosts, not in the nesting box. Not sure what it means. Does this just mean she is beginning to ovulate again?

 

[azygous]

This is the time of year most chickens begin to molt. That plus being put into a new environment, will put laying off and also cause egg quality flaws.

Look on the back of this hens neck. If you see a little carpet of pin feathers poking through her feathers, she's starting molt.

 

[SemiSweet2391]

This is the time of year most chickens begin to molt. That plus being put into a new environment, will put laying off and also cause egg quality flaws.

Look on the back of this hens neck. If you see a little carpet of pin feathers poking through her feathers, she's starting molt.

I checked and didn’t see any pin feathers! So if she isn’t starting to molt, is it possible that this little egg means she is starting to lay again?

 

[azygous]

Yes, it could be she's "warming" up her machinery.

 

[SemiSweet2391]

Yay!! I hope so!