I got my First egg!!

[Tomfieldenloveshichickens]

Hi,


Finally today one of my 5 rhode island reds laid an egg. It was on the floor of the coop not in the nesting box which is a bit annoying as we spent lots of time doing the nesting boxes. Great christmas present. Do you know how they would lay in the nesting box. There are 2 nesting boxes and they have golf balls in.

Thanks

 

[jomoncon]

Congratulation!! That must be so exciting.

I have 8 9-week old RIRs, so I have a long wait before I get that first egg.

How old are your chickies?

 

[Tomfieldenloveshichickens]

they are 28 weeeks old. I didn't think they were going to lay. We were about to post our last christmas cards and i went to the chicken coop and saw it in the corner

 

[SparksNV]

Merry Chirstmas!!!

Post a picture!

I have 3 boxes but all lay in one. Sometimes we have up to 3 hens jammed into the one box. The only time they laid outside of the box was when one hen was taking her time and I guess the other two couldn't wait & they laid them just outside the box.

Do your hens go in and out of the nest boxes? I know mine were going in and out for weeks before they laid. I also put just a little BOSS by the box and kept the golf ball in the box.

Good luck!

 

[Tdub4chiks]

Congrats! I'm with you on this one. Just went out to feed the girls before I left town for a few days. I found my first egg on the poop board. Yahoo! Couldn't ask for a better xmas present. But I lost the bet with my friend. I said Thanksgiving & he said Xmas. Oh well, it was worth the wait.

Merry Christmas to everyone.

 

[NatureLove11]

Congrats to you! Got my first egg saturday! Just wait till you get more than 1

its even better

 

[eggboy]

When my RIR's first started to lay their first couple eggs were on the floor too.

 

[Knock Kneed Hen]

When the others start laying the one that laid it on the floor should figure it out. Don't worry about it right now.

Congratulations!!!