i finally got one!

[miss_jayne]

ohhhh! how nice!!!

sure did get another one this morning...watched a different hen lay! it was hilarious...she went on and on and she was going to set. too bad...i wanted it!

the layer this am was a RIRxRIW ...nice big egg from her also! (her name is Nellie!)

and i'll tell ya, those kids are cute! i miss them! they are gone for the holiday w'end w/g'parents!

enjoy your yummy breakfast!

 

[karanleaf]

Thanks we did enjoy the breakfast.

I know what ya mean about missing the kids. Our grandson Noah went to visit his Dad for a couple of weeks. But the quite will be good too.

Good deal about your egg this morning

I had very pleasant surprise this morning also. 4 eggs

3 in the same nesting box, they must have been yesterday evening (maybe the fireworks scared them out?)

and 1 was fresh this morning still warm.

 

[amyquilt]

Quote:

 

[pdsavage]

everyones hens are laying...
send egg laying vibes to my hens.the RIR's should be laying any time now .
course i can see my hubby rolling his eyes at me when i come running in with my fist egg all excited.

my favorite egg quote
My duck can lay an egg!" "And just what is so wonderful about that?" "Well, can you lay an egg?"-Shirley Temple

 

[miss_jayne]

Quote:
i'll tell my chickens to call your chickens! so far one everyday, and it turns out it was Nellie, a RIRxRIW that is laying. everyday at 11:32 a.m. like clockwork. today's egg was huge! they get bigger everyday. it was bigger than a large size from the store!

hey, free food is super exciting...i hope i never lose that feeling! life less ordinary!

 

[karanleaf]

Free food is the best and even more speical when you can have enough to share...
I had hard boiled a couple of store bought eggs drew a ? on each and put them in a couple of the nesting boxes. Sorta like seed eggs, 3 days later we got our 1st home grown egg.

I thought it sounded silly myself but I thought it was worth a try.. Sometime the

timers know what works!!

 

[miss_jayne]

karanleaf...what a neat idea! i used the golf balls and it was hilarious...they kept kicking them out! maybe they thought they were soccer balls!?!?!

i have ANOTHER one laying...found a smaller egg this early a.m. so, we scrambled those first 5 up and hello! super yum.

and you're right, can't wait till i can share. it's amazing what a few eggs can do to help someone out!

 

[goatkeepers]

Quote:
I am SO doing that right now!!

Our chickens are almost 4 months... Is that too early for them to start laying?

Congrats on all your eggs! That must be wonderful. How were those omelettes?

 

[miss_jayne]

Quote:
I am SO doing that right now!!

Our chickens are almost 4 months... Is that too early for them to start laying?

Congrats on all your eggs! That must be wonderful. How were those omelettes?

some breeds lay at 17 weeks and up to 28 weeks according to books etc. prolly depends on what kind of chickens

had a HUGE honking egg this afternoon big as jumbo size! oh la la!

 

[karanleaf]

Thanks the omelet was great!

I have been told any where from 4 to 8 months depending on the type of chicken as was stated. Just remember to toss out the seed eggs after they start to lay I toss ours after I got the second egg. un smelly if it blows.