How Many Eggs Did You Get Today?

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vehve said:
Blooie, just as well. Imagine the induction of broodiness caused by the ball pit...
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I shudder to think.....
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Haven't posted for a while because my 2 year old layers went on a strike for several weeks and I was getting tired of reporting 0/3 :). Well, for the past 2-3 weeks I've been getting an egg or two a day from the big girls and have been waiting (not so patiently) for my pullets that we got as day old chicks in April to start laying. Yesterday, at the age of 18 weeks exactly my first of 4 BSL pullets layed her first egg.
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. And this morning when I went to cook it for breakfast found that it was also a double yolk!!!! This morning I went to check for eggs and found that she had layed again, and 2 of my big girls layed!
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So, today, I got 3/4 (still not counting the remaining 3 pullets in the total count because even though they are aame age and breed as Andy, their combs and wattles are not fully developed yet and they aren't squatting yet. I'm guessing another month or so from them!
 
newchickmomma4 said:
Haven't posted for a while because my 2 year old layers went on a strike for several weeks and I was getting tired of reporting 0/3
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. Well, for the past 2-3 weeks I've been getting an egg or two a day from the big girls and have been waiting (not so patiently) for my pullets that we got as day old chicks in April to start laying. Yesterday, at the age of 18 weeks exactly my first of 4 BSL pullets layed her first egg. . And this morning when I went to cook it for breakfast found that it was also a double yolk!!!! This morning I went to check for eggs and found that she had layed again, and 2 of my big girls layed! .

So, today, I got 3/4 (still not counting the remaining 3 pullets in the total count because even though they are aame age and breed as Andy, their combs and wattles are not fully developed yet and they aren't squatting yet. I'm guessing another month or so from them!
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Don't be too sure! My Red Sex Link Ida had all the classic "I'm getting ready to lay eggs and you can't stop me" symptoms and sure enough, about a week later got our first egg. Same breed, Dora, looked weeks away yet. But three days after Ida's first, I went out to the coop to clean the poop deck and Dora was in the nest next to the one Ida used. Presto - no signs of being close but I stayed out there with her, she stood, dropped her first egg and then looked at me like, "What is that and where the he!! did it come from?" It was another week or so of laying nice little pullet eggs before her symptom meter kicked in.
 
Blooie said:
Don't be too sure!  My Red Sex Link Ida had all the classic "I'm getting ready to lay eggs and you can't stop me" symptoms and sure enough, about a week later got our first egg.  Same breed, Dora, looked weeks away yet.  But three days after Ida's first,  I went out to the coop to clean the poop deck and Dora was in the nest next to the one Ida used.  Presto - no signs of being close but I stayed out there with her, she stood, dropped her first egg and then looked at me like, "What is that and where the he!! did it come from?"  It was another week or so of laying nice little pullet eggs before her symptom meter kicked in. 
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Was her comb and wattle fully developed and red? Mine are not. Andy is the only one with full red comb and wattle.
 
newchickmomma4 said:
Was her comb and wattle fully developed and red? Mine are not. Andy is the only one with full red comb and wattle.
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Nope....which is why I stayed in the coop for a little bit to watch her "practice" sitting in the nest. I didn't think she was even close yet, but it was kinda fun and relaxing to watch her tossing shavings and feathers on her back, snuggling down, and pretending to be a big girl. Then POOF! An egg! I know that's not usual, but it goes to show ya that it can happen. I think sometimes we give the chickens too much credit for having read the book like we did.
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