Wooooo! We raised the chooks from about a week old, so its been a fairly long wait for this first egg. I wasnt really expecting anything - we've just introduced new chooks to the mini-flock, and we are in autumn here in Australia. A knowledgeable lady told me that they probably wouldnt start laying til spring, seeing as they hadnt started yet.
I was so excited that I may have uttered a rude word upon seeing it (sorry neighbors, hehe)
This is our Bluebelle's first egg. I was so shocked to see it as we'd only had them a few days. The frustrating thing was they had been vet treated and we couldn't eat any eggs for 2 weeks
This is our first flock of chickens (a whopping three gals!), and first egg ever! Needless to say we were very excited.
This one was from our Marans, Rebexie (all named by my then three-and-a-half year old).
A couple hours later, much to my surprise, we got egg number two as well.
This one is from Hola, supposedly an Americauna, but most likely an Easter Egger. I found it in the run, but hopefully she'll catch on soon and start laying in the nesting box.
We were surprised that two of three gals started to lay on the same morning -- is this pretty common?
Our girls are exactly 24 weeks old. Poor Lulu, the Andalusian, has been left in the dust. I'm sure she'll be catching up soon!
The dark brown is from one of our Red Sexlink, the lighter brown is from one of our Barred Rocks, and the littel blue one is our first EE from any of our Ameraucanas. They all just turned 20 weeks and we have been waiting anxiously.
Okay, so not my first egg, but my first Easter Egger Egg with my new girls. I've had started pullets and hen before, but this is the first I've raised from chick to egg! It feels so much more significant.