Post your FIRST EGG pics!

[Ravie]

Some of the birds in my mixed flock of Easter Eggers, Black Sex-Links and Red Sex-Links started laying today! The birds are all 23.5 weeks old and have provided me with three small brown eggs! I am especially pleased because it's a cold winter and they live in an unheated coop which also has no supplementary light. I expected them to start laying much later than this!

 

[sharol]

I got my first egg from Lisbeth, the Welsumer, today. I can't tell you how happy I am to get it because I was afraid she was having trouble laying. There have been softshelled eggs under the roost almost every day right where she sits, but now I know they weren't hers.

The egg:

and Lovely Lisbeth: (taken 6 weeks ago)

This is a picture of my new Egg Skelter (from England) with her egg and end of the row.

 

[target022]

My EE finally laid. She's 10 months old. Only one left to go, my Welsummer, also 10 months.

 

[unaspenser]

I'd never even heard of an egg skelter. That's gorgeous!

 

[Malpower]

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I hadn't heard of skelters either, was most interested and have just tracked them down on eBay and then went to the UK website that is selling them at www.homefarmfowls.co.uk -- they come in different colors too. Neat!

 

[sharol]

I ordered it directly from the creator at http://www.egg-skelter.co.uk/ . It was about $46 shipped (used PayPal), and it was shipped right away. It took a month to clear customs and make it to Kansas, though.

 

[Malpower]

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Thanks, Sharol -- your link didn't turn up on my Internet search earlier today -- I've now written to both sources to get price + shipping to US. Question: my eggs run from small to Jumbo, does anything other than small to medium work on the one you got?? Thanks!

 

[sharol]

I can't really answer that. The large egg from the lady I used to buy eggs from before my girls started laying fits fine, and it looks like there woud be plenty of room for anything but an eggzilla.

Sharol

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Thanks, Sharol -- your link didn't turn up on my Internet search earlier today -- I've now written to both sources to get price + shipping to US. Question: my eggs run from small to Jumbo, does anything other than small to medium work on the one you got?? Thanks!

 

[sonjab314]

My 8 month old EE finally laid today.

 

[Malpower]

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Thanks!