How Many Eggs Did You Get Today?

[Tstraub]

Eight out of my nine big girls laid an egg today, but I’m going to award extra credit for the double yolker and round it up to a perfect score. I have 6 more little girls that are 11 weeks old hopefully they will add some more color to the basket in a few months.

 

[chrissynemetz]

3 today.

 

[Smokerbill]

I just picked up 6 eggs from the nest boxes. Two were jumbo size, one was 94.2 grams, the other 82.4 grams.

 

[Meg22]

I just picked up 6 eggs from the nest boxes. Two were jumbo size, one was 94.2 grams, the other 82.4 grams.

You'll have to let us know if they are double yolkera.

 

[Smokerbill]

You'll have to let us know if they are double yolkera.

I will do that! Most of the big eggs had double yolks in the past, but now I'm getting more of the big ones with just a single large yolk.

And I just checked the nests and got one more nice egg. 7 out of 8 today!

 

[Meg22]

3 today

 

[Tstraub]

6 today. I haven’t found any eggs outside the nesting boxes in about a week so I think everyone is finally using the boxes. I had been fighting a really stubborn Wyandotte about where to put them.

 

[Smokerbill]

6 today. I haven’t found any eggs outside the nesting boxes in about a week so I think everyone is finally using the boxes. I had been fighting a really stubborn Wyandotte about where to put them.

I think that when they first start laying, an egg on the way out can catch them by surprise, and they can't control it. Sort of like potty training a toddler. Sometimes they know what to do, other times not. LOL

 

[Tstraub]

I think that when they first start laying, an egg on the way out can catch them by surprise, and they can't control it. Sort of like potty training a toddler. Sometimes they know what to do, other times not. LOL

Yea she is just like a toddler. She would go hide in a corner. I picked her up and carried her to the nest box several times and even put obstacles in her favorite corner. Then she would lay them under the coop where I couldn’t get them. I had to duct tape a fish net to a long broom handle to retrieve the eggs. I think she did it out of spite lol. But she finally started using the box.

 

[Happy hen lover]

The very first egg from my very first flock was laid yesterday. I have 22 hens and 1 rooster. I'm not quite sure who it was that laid it, but I am so proud. I was so excited when I found it, I laughed and sang to my birds until I almost cried! It's a small one, but I read that the first eggs can be small/deformed/not quite developed etc. I was just excited and wanted to share with you all!

Oh CONGRATS! First eggs are the BEST!!