I'm in tears!! My EE just layed her first egg...

[coloradochick]

Okay all, I'm rethinkinig the hen who layed the eggs. I got another one this morning

. It was under the roosts this time and it's another small one but perfect otherwise. So I'm thinking one of my bantys layed them. They're brown and approx 2 inches long maybe a tad longer. But my bantys are only 18 weeks this coming weekend. I'll get the pics up as soon as my sleepyhead daughter gets out of bed.

And I talk to my chickens in my dreams so when I'm awake it's really bad.

 

[coloradochick]

Okay, here are the pics of our little eggs. And a comparison to a "normal egg".

the one on the left is the one from our chickens

my daughter holding it

heres me in tears

 

[coloradochick]

Is it possible that my new layer would've layed 2 today? I gathered the one she layed this morning and when I went out this evening about 5pm there was another one. Same size, same color.

 

[FisherMOM]

aww.. what an adorable little Grandegg!!!

I think that chickens lay an egg every 26 hours. weird.

 

[Hangin Wit My Peeps]

OH so cool! I have a LONG wait for my first egg. My babies are only 4 weeks old.

 

[coloradochick]

It does seem like it takes forever. When my daughter was on photobucket posting the above pics. We were looking at all the ones of the chickens when they were babies. WOW!! The changes are amazing. I like them older than when they were babies. Now I can hang out with them in the pen or coop and interact in there envrionment. My EE's have gotten so loving.

 

[estherkarhu]

Someone said if they were lucky their chicken might lay a green egg. Is there really such a thing as green eggs? If so why would that be a good thing?

Got a food question: when should we stop feeding our girls the starter food. It says it is medicated, and I am thinking I don't want them eating it when they are laying eggs we will eat.

 

[coloradochick]

I've been told to start feeding Layena or layer food when they start laying. And Roos are fine eating that stuff too.

 

[Badgersburrow]

ibpboo ,
thanks for the info.....going to check it out.....Thank you so ....
hope you found the volume....I am someday going to spend time learning how to put pictures up...on the puter....and then I will place the pages and pictures...
still waiting for my first egg....but the girls got their first snake the other day...they raised cane till I came to look....I was hpoing for an egg...and not a snake...but I guess I shold not complain

 

[ibpboo]

Quote:
Yes! one of my hens lays green eggs. Its a good thing because, a green egg! How cool is that! There are breeds that lay blue eggs too! My green egg layer is called an Easter Egger. The eggs of course, are normal on the inside. Once they start laying, usually around 6 months, also depending on weather, they do not need starter anymore. I stopped my starter at about 10 weeks or so, when the second bag ran out! One of my brown egg layers eggs actually come out almost a pink color compared to the other brown eggs. Its fun to have different colors of eggs, makes a pretty basket in the fridge!