First Egg Woohoo

[Cynthia12]

Congrats! I am still waiting for my first egg from my new flock. I have a girl that was hatched clear back in April, and still hasn't laid an egg for me? She is a barn yard mix. I have an Australorp that looks big enough to lay, she is around 5 months. Wonder why they are taking their time?! I love collecting eggs....and eating them.

 

[eggburritos]

I'll ditto that I got my first egg today. I nearly cried! Congrats to all!

 

[MarieNC]

My black sex linked Dora started laying yesterday!! Such adorable little eggs. I feel like a grandma.

 

[happyhappy]

Just had to throw in my two cents on first egg - yippee! Just when your back is turned to! I had not been able to get in the coop for two days (busy) and let the girls out yesterday afternoon and sure enough a smalley brown prize my best hen followed me in making a fuss so I assume it was hers, she is first to do everything sooo.... I'm giving her the glory. How long can eggs sit in fairly warm weather ? I just cleaned it and put in in the frige? Look like the floor on the pen is starting to be made into nests also!

Any replys wound be welcome!

 

[trunkman]

Congrats, wooo hoooo!!!

 

[chick4chix]

Congrats on your egg Gramakoko! I also want to say- you should enter your coop in the coop contest- its one of the cutest I've seen! I'm not sure if one is going right now, but watch for it- then put your coop in there- it's darling.

 

[annkrestene]

Hooray for first eggs! Our Black Star, Azelea gave us her first tiny brown egg this Thursday. My 5-year-old daughter proudly brought it into the house and I screamed! Still waiting for our 2nd...

 

[geebs]

whoo hoo... congrats!!!!

 

[HHandbasket]

Well, I kind of got my first eggs today, too! My leghorn has been squawkin' and squattin' for 2 days and I knew yesterday that it would be 24-48 hours at most. Sure enough, I got up this morning, went to let everyone out of the run, and Miss Felipa Leghorn isn't making much noise... so I look around inside. There in the bottom of the run, at my sheer joy and at the same time utter dismay, I find this:

I kept looking around, and there was another one on top of the nesting box shelf where Felipa sleeps, but it had a paper-thin broken shell and a bright BRIGHT yellow/orange yolk. I was thinking, "Dang, I wish that shelf wasn't covered in poop! I'd eat that thing." But alas, it would have probably A) Tasted badly and B) Made me sick, so I opted against the poop-filled egg-poop.

I saved the little paper-thin/rubbery shell thingie, though. I can't wait to show my husband when he gets home!

 

[LadyWoodsong]

Haha! That's great....your enthusiasm over it even though it is "defective"

I had one egg like that too, it was startling when I found it.