First Eggs...What now?

[jdgrell]

My girls are 19 weeks old . My Red Comet started hunting around the yard on Sunday getting under things and looking hiding place. Sure enough the next day 2 eggs in the coop. (I am guessing she had some help because I thought they could only lay one egg a day?)

So here is my question. The girls cleaned out all the bedding from the nest box. Except for a few feathers the bottem is hard and bare. I didn't use straw, just pine shavings for bedding. Is it OK for them to do this? I would think the eggs are likely to break. Should I put straw or something else in there?

Lastly, is it OK to eat the first eggs? I am sure it is a dumb question, but the kids want to chow down!

 

[silkiechicken]

Eat away!

As for the bedding, I just straw, so don't know about shavings staying in. That said, some also use fake grass turf on the bottom as they do like to make a nest and often dig to the bottom to do so.

 

[chickenbottom]

its perfectly fine to eat them and they make the nest box on how they want it to be hard or not. and i think you have 2 layers

 

[kezabel]

Yeah you sure can eat them,Yummy.
As for the nesting boxes Maybe you should try straw instead of wood shavings.
Enjoy your first eggs and congratulations!!!!