Post your FIRST EGG pics!

[countryriders2]

The egg on the left is our first from are RIR. The one on the right is from the store. Will they get bigger as time goes on?

 

[boyswillbeboys]

First Egg!! Woohoo! My chickens are approx 21 weeks. A little smaller than I thought, but guess that is normal. I have no clue who laid it, mixed flock. Todays egg, actually the third one we've got (and number 2 was little like the first one), not sure if the same hen laid all three, but today's egg is much closer in size to a large store egg (the white one) : Yay!!! So exciting!!! The only thing is that the girls have 12! nest boxes and while the first egg was in a box, the next two have been on the poop board. Thought maybe they didn't like the bedding in there (I put straw) so I put pine shavings in there today, hoping they will lay in the boxes now.

Put some golf balls in the nest boxes, if the chickens think someone else is doing it, they will too, chicken see, chicken do. I'm thinking there must be a smell involved, because even when I collect all the eggs, and leave just the golf balls in lower locations, they insist on laying in the top box that I can barely see into.

 

[captcayanan]

Caught Pretty Girl disappearing into the ivy(just like in "Field of Dreams") on Sunday... After she was back out with the others, I found a perfect, warm egg This was actually her second egg though. Heard her singing the day before, but didn't find anything. But I found the eggshell about a foot from this egg. It was broken in half. Any ideas on who ate it? Possible culprits would be hen, rat, opossum, squirrel, or raccoon.

 

[hosspak]

Caught Pretty Girl disappearing into the ivy(just like in "Field of Dreams") on Sunday... After she was back out with the others, I found a perfect, warm egg This was actually her second egg though. Heard her singing the day before, but didn't find anything. But I found the eggshell about a foot from this egg. It was broken in half. Any ideas on who ate it? Possible culprits would be hen, rat, opossum, squirrel, or raccoon.

I think you just narrowed down your culprit list to; hen, rat, opossum, squirrel, and a raccoon. I would keep the new layer penned up until she uses the nest boxes. This will save you the egg hunt... unless you like reliving Easter Sunday everyday.

 

[ShinShien]

I have 2 pullets that refuse to lay in the indoor nest boxes, and if I lock them up, someone starts egg-eating. So...Dad builds another nest box, which he puts beside the coop, rather than in it, and I find 2-3 eggs in it almost daily.

 

[JuniorMint]

Two of my 3 pullets decided to synchronize their first egg laying today (both are nearing 21 weeks of age).
Didn't get them in the nesting boxes but at least they were inside the coop.

 

[Peep Peeper]

NIce Peep peeper.  Must be something in the name.  Our first egg came from our "Lucy" too.  She was a Barred Rock though.

My 7 year old son wanted to name her Lucy because she was red just like "I Love Lucy's" hair!" LOL. I love that he likes to watch Lucy reruns with me. He's an old soul.

 

[HanwellChickens]

These aren't my first eggs per se, however they are the first eggs these girls had laid for me since I brought them home Oct. 8. My Dominique, Amethyst laid a nice size light brown one, and my Easter Egger Jennifer laid a nice green egg.

 

[gwydiana]

My RIR laid her first egg (and my first fresh egg ever!) today. I am such a proud mama

 

[griffinlairfarm]

Congratulations gwydiana. RIR lay beautiful eggs. Here is my first egg from my Gold Partridge Brahma. Hers is the smaller speckled egg in the center while the other one is a store bought large egg. Not too bad for a pullet egg. I am very proud of her.