I got an EGG!!! "Summer" laid her first egg today. She is a 7 month old Welsummer. It is a very nice color covered in darker specks. The egg she hatched from came from Amy(BYC "Nadine"). Only took Summer 6 hours of nest hopping and cackling to finally lay it. I was outside working most of the day, I hate pretty days, and I kept checking nests everytime she would come out of another coop. Finally she laid in a nest in the bantam pet cochin house. I call Summer my little puppy. She follows me everywhere talking and likes to petted. If I sit down at the picnic table she will immediately jump up on the bench and start talking her head off.
The egg is a medium egg, but on the verge of being a Large. Not bad for her first egg. The 4 other Welsummer pullets are 5 months old. I guess I have a couple months of waiting.
I have had hundreds of 'first eggs' over the years, but still get excited when a friend finally grants me with a gift.
Matt
