LER23
Songster
I have a white Leghorn and what I have now decided is an Olive Egger that are both just starting to lay eggs. My leghorn has been laying for a couple of weeks. I had my first olive egg about four days ago. Their eggs are pretty small, lots of yolk, very little white. Is this normal for the Leghorn to lay small eggs with not a lot of white in them? Will her eggs get bigger over time, and have more white in them?
About my Olive Egger: I wasn't sure what she was when I got her. But now that I know she's laying olive colored eggs, I'm fairly certain that one of the parents was a cream leg bar (one is slightly crested, with a neck and head color slightly lighter than the dark body), and I'm guessing that the other parent was either a Maran or a Barnevelder (total guess-just probably a dark colored bird). Her eggs are about the same size as my Leghorn's eggs, with the same ratio of yolk (a lot) to white (not a lot). I have All Flock in the outside feeding container, but I still have starter-grower inside the coop for my two younger chickens. I do supplement protein by giving them daily treats of mealworms, and I also put out oyster shells for them.
I did have a fairy egg from each of them. But subsequent eggs are not a whole lot larger. Should I be changing feed for them? Or just waiting to see what they're normal egg size will be when they're a little older. It being the wintertime, I'm thinking that maybe things are going to progress more slowly for them. I'm just thrilled at they're laying eggs at all right now, but I would like to manage my expectations on size and ratio of yolk to white and length of time it takes to start laying full size eggs, with the understanding that what I am seeing ARE full size eggs.
The pics are of #1 my legbar, #2 my other OE that hasn't laid yet, and my laying OE, my legbar, and another of my birds, that isn't germane to this issue.
Any thoughts?
About my Olive Egger: I wasn't sure what she was when I got her. But now that I know she's laying olive colored eggs, I'm fairly certain that one of the parents was a cream leg bar (one is slightly crested, with a neck and head color slightly lighter than the dark body), and I'm guessing that the other parent was either a Maran or a Barnevelder (total guess-just probably a dark colored bird). Her eggs are about the same size as my Leghorn's eggs, with the same ratio of yolk (a lot) to white (not a lot). I have All Flock in the outside feeding container, but I still have starter-grower inside the coop for my two younger chickens. I do supplement protein by giving them daily treats of mealworms, and I also put out oyster shells for them.
I did have a fairy egg from each of them. But subsequent eggs are not a whole lot larger. Should I be changing feed for them? Or just waiting to see what they're normal egg size will be when they're a little older. It being the wintertime, I'm thinking that maybe things are going to progress more slowly for them. I'm just thrilled at they're laying eggs at all right now, but I would like to manage my expectations on size and ratio of yolk to white and length of time it takes to start laying full size eggs, with the understanding that what I am seeing ARE full size eggs.
The pics are of #1 my legbar, #2 my other OE that hasn't laid yet, and my laying OE, my legbar, and another of my birds, that isn't germane to this issue.
Any thoughts?