WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! It finally happened! About 2-3 weeks ago I got my first egg song from my largest and most mature pullet, Nugget. I expected an egg within a few days, but nothing, so I told myself to forget about it and wait a while. 2 weeks later I went to the beach for vacation and had to leave my chickens for the first time, for a week. Got a bigger feeder and waterer, and left them. I just got back today and was greeted at the door of my Chicken kennel by very anxious chickens. I let them out and they immediately started gorging on grass, which was expected. Checked/filled the feeders and waterer, and cleaned the kennel. I lifted their little house/nest box and was shocked to see a neat little indent in the soil, surrounded by feathers and a perfect little brown egg right in the middle. My first chicken egg at 18 weeks. I asume it was laid by Nugget, one of my 3 RIRs but it could be either. I'm very proud of them and treated them to a big 'ol handful of black oil sunflower seed.
Here it is compared to a quarter! (The egg looks bigger but the quater is about half the size of the egg)
Compared to my 40 pounds dog, I loled at the look he gave me.
And the white and yolk. It's pale because They hadn't been out that week or fed greens.
I'm going to switch them all to layer now, as the other RIRs are doing egg squats. I'm sure it wouldn't hurt the EEs either...
Here it is compared to a quarter! (The egg looks bigger but the quater is about half the size of the egg)
Compared to my 40 pounds dog, I loled at the look he gave me.
And the white and yolk. It's pale because They hadn't been out that week or fed greens.
I'm going to switch them all to layer now, as the other RIRs are doing egg squats. I'm sure it wouldn't hurt the EEs either...
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