Post your FIRST EGG pics!

[hosspak]

Anyone know if black sexlinks lay darker brown eggs than Rhode Island Reds? I got a much darker egg than I ever have and wondering if maybe one of my black sexlinks started laying today

Mine lay light brown eggs... Lighter than store bought browns.

 

[Amyloumomof2]

Mine lay light brown eggs... Lighter than store bought browns.

Hmm.. Maybe it was a fluke. We will see what today brings! Still waiting on many of my girls. I've got at least two of my Rhode Island Reds starting, but have Black Sexlinks and Barred Plymouth Rocks getting close!

 

[emmyeagle]

Jeopardy theme song playing..... girls are 20 weeks old now.

 

[JMarch]

third egg is a weird one- very thin shell- almost bare to the membrane in one spot, and then rough calcium deposits on the other side. Guessing it didn't sit long enough in the "shell gland" of the oviduct.

 

[hosspak]

third egg is a weird one- very thin shell- almost bare to the membrane in one spot, and then rough calcium deposits on the other side. Guessing it didn't sit long enough in the "shell gland" of the oviduct.

Have you gotten a squishy egg yet, with just the membrane? Those are weird. Laying their first eggs can be different as their bodies figure it out. Nice eggs will come shortly. If not look into their diet for issues.

 

[Sandywitch]

third egg is a weird one- very thin shell- almost bare to the membrane in one spot, and then rough calcium deposits on the other side. Guessing it didn't sit long enough in the "shell gland" of the oviduct.

If you put out a separate dish of dried and ground-up eggshells, or oyster shell calcium, or a combination of both, they will only eat it as needed. That way you aren't giving too much to the ones that don't need it yet. I read that somewhere.

It must work because we haven't had a soft shell so far.

 

[tntchix]

If you put out a separate dish of dried and ground-up eggshells, or oyster shell calcium, or a combination of both, they will only eat it as needed. That way you aren't giving too much to the ones that don't need it yet. I read that somewhere.

It must work because we haven't had a soft shell so far.

Mine keep dumping theirs. What kind of dish are you using?

 

[Blooie]

If you put out a separate dish of dried and ground-up eggshells, or oyster shell calcium, or a combination of both, they will only eat it as needed. That way you aren't giving too much to the ones that don't need it yet. I read that somewhere.

It must work because we haven't had a soft shell so far.

It does help, but I've had 4 rubber eggs from the same hen even though they were already on Layer rations and had oyster shell and egg shells for weeks before that. Several other chickens had already been laying when Beatrice laid those odd eggs.

 

[ericaruth19]

I totally want that scale! Love it!

 

[hosspak]

Mine keep dumping theirs. What kind of dish are you using?

The one on the left is the one for the shell mix, very littlr waste because they only eat what they need.