Our first eggs!

[MuskokaChick]

My Red Stars are 16.5 weeks and this afternoon my daughter went out to check on them and came running back with two eggs in hand.
She also won the egg pool...she picked today for eggs, I thought it would be too early, but she won!

opps forgot the photo

 

[MuskokaChick]

My Red Stars are 16.5 weeks and this afternoon my daughter went out to check on them and came running back with two eggs in hand.
She also won the egg pool...she picked today for eggs, I thought it would be too early, but she won!

 

[Delmar]

That is fantastic! I have a couple of Leghorn/Wyandotte mixes that are like 23 weeks and still nothing! They are getting huge and fabulous looking though!

 

[MuskokaChick]

I was told not to *expect* anything until the 22 week mark, but because of their breed, and I was doing everything from the right amount of light (plus they have two big windows in their coop for natural light, and it's still a bit chilly and even though they technically didn't *need* it I put up a heat lamp. Then for a joke we put a couple of fake eggs in there, it was to tease my girls, but now I wondered if that helped! lol

We were very excited. Hopefully won't be long for yours!!!!

 

[MetalSmitten]

yay! congrats!

nice sized eggs too, for newbies!

 

[MuskokaChick]

The speckled one is 48g and the lighter one is 46g...I thought that was pretty good for first timers as well

 

[lvchicken]

What about the pics of the chickens?????

 

[MuskokaChick]

lol I tried to do that when I got them and didn't know how to load a pic...figured it out and then forgot to post my chickens

here is one of them. I ordered 12, but only 11 came in the crate, they are replacing that chicken in July along with 6 more, so I will have 18 in july!

A bunch of them, still a bit scared and crammed in a corner. Now they are inside/outside in their run, and very brave and come right up to us and eat out of our hands and demanding more!

 

[CrestedGirl]

Congrats, good sized eggs thats for sure

 

[Life is Good!]

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Nice looking eggs! And your daughter looks proud enough to pop!

Glad you didn't have to wait! Don't forget to check 'em everyday....you're going to be in egg-heaven very very soon!