First egg!!!!!

[Rosypetals]

This is my first time raising chickens and.... I GOT MY FIRST EGG!!!!!!!! I’m super eggcited, and even though I know the first few are inedible, I’m still psyched! My Rhode Island Red laid the egg, she had all the signs and she was squatting and checking out the boxes. Unfortunately I am out of town right now, but my dad was a home and sent this picture! She is eggzactly 5 months old yesterday when she laid the egg and I hope the rest use the nesting box right away!

 

[TelfTheElf]

hey cool!!!
i have just started collecting teeny weeny eggs from my chooks

 

[ChickenCanoe]

That is an exciting moment.

But why are the first few inedible?
They're all edible no matter how small.

 

[TelfTheElf]

hey i love that emoji on your post ChickenCanoe!!!

 

[ChickenCanoe]

You can get it off of the smilies button next to the insert picture button.

 

[TelfTheElf]

hahahahaha...they are sooo cool!!!

 

[SurferchickinSB]

This is my first time raising chickens and.... I GOT MY FIRST EGG!!!!!!!! I’m super eggcited, and even though I know the first few are inedible, I’m still psyched! My Rhode Island Red laid the egg, she had all the signs and she was squatting and checking out the boxes. Unfortunately I am out of town right now, but my dad was a home and sent this picture! She is eggzactly 5 months old yesterday when she laid the egg and I hope the rest use the nesting box right away!View attachment 1495434

Looks like there is no shell on the egg?

 

[KikiLeigh02]

Looks like it may have been a soft shell someone pecked through. That's not uncommon for new layers. If the first few eggs are in a hard shells you can absolutely eat them!
Congrats on the first egg!

 

[Rosypetals]

That is an exciting moment.

But why are the first few inedible?
They're all edible no matter how small.

Well I just say that because there’s no shell and when this one was picked up the membrane was thin and it just popped. Thanks!

 

[ChickenCanoe]

OK. I didn't look closely at the egg. I wouldn't eat it either
Do you have other pullets getting ready to lay?
It may be time to switch to layer feed. Especially if the next egg is shell-less.