Although our Slikie, has been laying for awhile, she was already over a year when we got her. Today, our bantam Cochin Elsa that we've raised since she was six days old gave us our first (teeny-tiny) egg!
We have 4 pullets-RIR, Delaware, Dominique, and Australorp. Somebody gave us our first nugget
Not sure who but if I had to guess I would say our Dominique, Mabel. She was the first to squat and her comb is redder than the rest. We have another squatter (Beatrix the Australorp) so hopefully it won't be long before we have another. In any event, super proud of whomever and the egg is small but perfect! Yay!!!! What an awesome surprise when I got home from work
**Edited to add that these chickens were born on 4/11/16 and today is 9/6/16. 21 weeks and 1 day....
The little chick that ran up and jumped into my hand at the feed store and was always the first to try anything new. Well, she wasn't the first to lay, and although she is definitely an Easter Egger when she got out of the nest it seems she doesn't lay green OR blue eggs either; hers are PINK! Now I have been collecting a small lightish brown egg the last couple of days, but judging from the photo I took that one was darker than Ol Red's
...and this one was noticeably lighter than Red's. However pullet eggs can vary a lot in color, especially in the beginning so if the other eggs are her's or not I guess I won't know for sure until I see two different color eggs side by side or not.
My hens first egg on Saturday Sept 3. I got 4 Golden Buffs on Friday Sept 2nd after work, my first birds. I ended up with 4 eggs for the day but this was the first.