Our First Egg!

[jjunge08]

We have 8 Buff Orpingtons and this is our first time raising chickens. One of them laid there first egg today at 20 weeks and 6 days!! Hey Hey (named after the chicken from Moana) had been squatting in a submissive pose and following me around for about the last week. Yesterday she did it three different times in the short time I was outside and I told my wife I didn’t think it would be long. I was right! Found the egg today after work in the run. Now I just need to get her to lay inside in the boxes!

 

[GoatGirl123]

Aww. Congratulations on the egg! You can try placing fake eggs or golf balls in the nesting boxes to encourage her to lay in them.

 

[wamtazlady]

Congratulations! First eggs are always the best. To get her to lay in the nesting boxes you might need to put a fake egg in the box. Golf balls also work.

 

[AntiqueB]

Congratulations on the egg! I still love finding them, but that first one is amazing!

 

[InterestingChickens]

Congratulations! First eggs are always great. To get her to lay in the nest boxes provide a dark place away from the other chickens. I find golf balls work very well too as @GoatGirl123 suggested.

 

[jjunge08]

I have a few brown ceramic eggs in the boxes and they have been in there for the last couple weeks. The hens have been inspecting the nest boxes but don’t go in the coop a lot during the day. My coop is elevated and the run goes under the main coop area. Back in the corner of the run under the coop framing is where I found the egg.

 

[CluckerFamily]

Congratulations!!

 

[Happy hen lover]

We have 8 Buff Orpingtons and this is our first time raising chickens. One of them laid there first egg today at 20 weeks and 6 days!! Hey Hey (named after the chicken from Moana) had been squatting in a submissive pose and following me around for about the last week. Yesterday she did it three different times in the short time I was outside and I told my wife I didn’t think it would be long. I was right! Found the egg today after work in the run. Now I just need to get her to lay inside in the boxes!

Congrats the first egg is so exciting . And yes you were right

 

[Cluckerdoodle]

Congrats on a thrilling experience