First Egg

[mommyofthreewithchicks]

First egg was found today!!!

Now I will have to get some wooden eggs to help her find the nest box

But I am very excited and have been looking for eggs since the middle of August.

The egg is half the size of the store bought grade A eggs but has a nice hard shell. All the kids were hoping to hatch a chick from this egg and I had to remind them it will be a while before the eggs will be ready for hatching.

When would be the right time to try and hatch out of our eggs?

 

[Sanebychicks]

Yay!!!! Congrats! Isn't amazing how exciting it is to find something as simple as an egg? I just had my first two days ago and one more today. So fun. Sorry, I only have females - so I can't help you with your when to start hatching question - surely someone here will!

 

[mommyofthreewithchicks]

Thanks Sainbychicks. We are all so excited that we each took a picture next to the egg- my DH has now declared the kids and I nuts

But I am doing a happy dance anyway.

 

[NightCode]

I'm waiting for my first... Uuhh... When did you get your chicks?

 

[trunkman]

congrats!!!!!

 

[mommyofthreewithchicks]

These girls we got in the middle of June but they looked almost adult as such I was guessing they were about 12 weeks old when we got them. They have looked ready for a month now so I have been on pins and needles looking for this egg

My baby chicks are only 8 weeks old now so I will have a long wait for their eggs.

 

[our 5 chickie babies]

CONGRATS!!! we know the feeling.isn't it GREAT!!!we got our first egg two weekd ago and we have 5 hens so we had to keep waiting.We are getting 4 a day now.We still have one holding out on us..
Enjoy
JIM&LINDY

 

[cpegram]

CONGRATS!!!