I got an EGG!!! My first one :-).....No 2nd egg...YET...when?

[The Gingerbread Man]

Gratz!!

 

[hen-thusiast]

Congrats on your first egg!

 

[sbarab]

Hello Neighbor! Congrats on your first egg!

 

[TXmom]

Thanks everybody! Still no second egg

I usually let them "free-range" in a fenced-in yard, but today I'm going to keep them in the run. I'm really worried that they're laying eggs somewhere that I haven't found yet.

Hi neighbor. It's been a long time since I've been in Conroe...I'm ready to go to the lake

 

[3goodeggs]

Are you going to blow the egg and save your first?
I get the girls out of the house and into their new coop tomorrow, and I figure they better lay a dozen a day each just to pay for their new digs. Farming isn't for money that's fer sure. It's the eggcitement of it.

 

[TXmom]

Yes...I told my DH I wanted to keep the egg forever, so we figured we better blow out the insides and just save the shell.

I feel so silly sometimes...but that's OK

Over 72 hours and still no 2nd egg.

I told those girls they better hurry up and start earning their keep. They just looked at me and asked, "Where's the treats, Treat Lady???"

 

[TXmom]

Ugh...the suspense is driving me NUTTY!!!

Since it took 19.5 weeks to make the first egg, is it going to take 19.5 weeks to make the 2nd egg?????????

I am the most impatient person

How long does it usually take???? I mean, seriously, I have 10 girls out there...at least 1 gave me an egg, and I know the others are ready to lay (red combs, wattles, squatting when I pet them, etc.). I bought another dozen eggs from the store yesterday...it better be my last!

OK...count to 10...breathe...alrighty, I feel better. I'm just having a really bad day, and a cute little brown (or white, or green

) egg would just make everything peachy.

 

[TXmom]

OK, well I got my second egg today

BUT it's from a different chicken!

I got a brown egg last Saturday...nothing all week...then a green egg today. Apparently I have weekend layers...LOL.

I'm so confused...this is not happening at all like I expected. First, I expected white eggs from my Leghorns first. They seemed to mature faster and they are bred for production (Ideal 236). Also, I thought once they start laying, they continue laying...not 1 egg then NOTHING else for over a week...

 

[ShaggysGirl]

congratulations on your egg! I can't wait till ours are laying

 

[JenEric Farms]

You sound like me with my first egg! All my family/friends that I was somewhat over-excited! Oh PLEASE!!!