One of my Silkie Hens laid her first egg!

[Fox]

I hatched this little one myself, so I'm so proud she is now laying... something special about it!

I thought I only had one hen, but now I'm pretty sure that two are hens. It's just that one came from a different line, so she has a tiny comb, while the others is pretty much invisible. I figured any comb meant rooster, but looks like that's not the case! Anyway... I knew you would all understand the joy of it, so I wanted to share!

We also have Golden Comets and one RIR, and they've been laying since they were about 4-1/2 months old. My Silkies will be 6 months on the 5th of this month. The Comet/RIR eggs are big and brown, the Silkies are creamy colored and small.

Too cute!

 

[redhen]

could you post a pic of it?..i'd like to see a silkie egg please...and...

...congrats! on the egg!!!

 

[Fox]

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Sure! I will try to do that for you tomorrow!

 

[suenrob]

Congratulations!!!!! I am still waiting for my first silkie egg. I have EE's the same age and finally got my first green eggs this week!!!!! Very eggciting!!!

 

[danamillette]

awww! I bet it is so cute! Is it tiny? What color?

 

[redoak]

Congrats

 

[magsrags]

How exciting! I cannot wait for my first Silkie egg! My oldest are only 4 months old tomorrow so some time to go.

 

[needmorechickens!]

My first silkies are still just babies, but I will be patiently waiting for that first egg in a few months. Congrats!
~Rebecca

 

[jbowyer01]

Congrats! I cant wait until I get my first I egg.

 

[Fox]

Here is a picture of it...

And here it is compared to the Comet's egg

It's actually quite a bit smaller than the Comet egg. You would need to use two Silkie eggs for 1 regular sized egg in a recipe.

The egg is cream colored, not white really, but cream. I thought it was actually a nice size egg for her first one!