First egg!!!

[locoguru]

Whoot Gratz! Waiting for my 4th RSL to get her butt in gear!

 

[ilovechickens89]

 

[Scoopers804]

Yay! We got our first egg today!

Appears to have a lil high calcium.. But the local farmer here says that will even out the more she lays! But otherwise? It looks great! Hard, complete shell! I can't break it open to check the inside until my son gets home from work and gets to see it.. but I just had to chime in here!

 

[Harley0613]

I have 6 Golden comets that just turned 18 weeks old and I just got my 1st two eggs but they are a lot smaller than I expected. From what I understand they are suppose to be large to extra large eggs. I am going to start them on layer food tomorrow. Is this normal just starting out??? Will they get bigger as time goes y and start them on the layer food?

 

[locoguru]

That is completely normal to get small eggs to start. I have 4 RSL, 3 laying. 1 has been laying for 2 weeks now and her eggs are normal size. 2 that have been laying about 1 week are still a little small but growing!

 

[Joshua G]

A chicken's first eggs will be small, but will eventually get bigger, especially after they molt and will continue to lay slightly bigger eggs then before.

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[Harley0613]

Thank you for the input. I have been looking forward to this. Can't wait until the really start laying. They are so much fun, They each have their own personalities. haha

 

[LoveChickens123]

congrats.
We are still getting our first egg from our new hens

 

[redriver]

Congratulations! I just found our first egg yesterday. Found another one today that looks different than the first. So, I probably have two girls laying now. Only problem is that they are laying on the poop board, not in the lovely nests with the fake eggs in them. Any suggestions?

 

[Harley0613]

I am kinda having the same problem. They are not laying in the nest but I think they will learn in time hopefully.