GUYS! It happened! It finally happened!

[aart]

Well, there may be way to tell.....not as accurate as 'catching them in the act'..
but a group of newly laying pullets is a perfect time to start exams:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/who-is-laying-and-who-is-not-butt-check.73309/

I still get excited when the pullets start to lay,
but that very first egg...yeah...

 

[Wezdin]

 

[sumi]

Congrats! Hope that is the first of many a dozen from her

 

[LizaKnepper]

Our first EVER egg from our 'Tina' (Dominique)!! We thought it was our RIR, but we caught Tina in the act on Sunday giving us our second egg and singing. We are beside ourselves! 19 weeks and 6 days seems like eternity, but i tell you, this is by far the best feeling! My husband was working behind the house on an excavator and heard me screaming from across the yard over a running engine. That tells you something.

CONGRATS!