FIRST EGG!!!

[southwestclucker]

I kept hearing loud squawking kerfuffles while doing yardwork yesterday, and thought hmmmm I wonder if that's "egg song". So I would go take a peek and the noise would stop and they'd all look at me. Repeated this 3 times. Later went out to the run to bring some ice, and 2 of the girls were in the corner dug down into dust baths. They got up to see what I had for them, and BEHOLD, when Pepper, the black australorp got up I saw an egg on the ground where she had been sitting. Photo of it next to a regular grocery store egg for size comparison.

 

[Callender Girl]

It's a beautiful egg! Congrats to you and Pepper!

You likely know her eggs will get larger as she lays more of them. Her first effort is smaller than the grocery store egg, but it's oh so much better!

 

[TooCheep]

Very nice. First eggs are always exciting. Early eggs may be a little irregular- smaller, double-yolks, etc., but those smooth out quickly as their body gets into a routine.

 

[SmiYa0126]

Yum! Pullet eggs!

 

[FoodFreedomNow]

Good girl, Pepper! To the first of many more to come..!

 

[NC_Quail]

Now for the fun part…teaching her to lay in the right place!

 

[MKD]

I kept hearing loud squawking kerfuffles while doing yardwork yesterday, and thought hmmmm I wonder if that's "egg song". So I would go take a peek and the noise would stop and they'd all look at me. Repeated this 3 times. Later went out to the run to bring some ice, and 2 of the girls were in the corner dug down into dust baths. They got up to see what I had for them, and BEHOLD, when Pepper, the black australorp got up I saw an egg on the ground where she had been sitting. Photo of it next to a regular grocery store egg for size comparison.
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Still waiting for our first! Any day now!

 

[Sammi_0411]

Congratulations always exciting when they start laying xx

 

[kcult]

A grown man shouldn't get this excited over a breakfast nugget, but it still feels like Christmas when I see the first chicken or quail egg from a young flock.

Congrats on the giant Peppercorn!

 

[LavenderDaFlerf]

Congrats