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[showbarnmom]

Gorgeous!! I have a Maran, but she hasn't laid in 4 months.

 

[TammyTX]

Gorgeous!! I have a Maran, but she hasn't laid in 4 months.

Thank you so much!

She is one of the Black Coppers I bought off of Hwy 95 in Elgin.

My other chickens had not laid in a couple of months but then on my birthday last week I got an egg! My chickens are being very nice to me lately...I wonder why?

 

[showbarnmom]

Christmas is coming up, they know. Mine have all but stopped laying again. And no one is laying in the nest boxes. All in the horses hay piles. I now have to many to keep them penned, lol, so it's an Easter egg hunt every day! My only other Maran is a roo, but he's a gorgeous blue copper. *sigh* no pretty dark eggs for me.

 

[jockeyeba]

I had a very nice surprise today....the first Black Copper egg!!! In the photo I have it sat on dry ground coffee for color comparisons. I wish it were darker like some of the beauties I've seen on the BCM thread.

Congrats Is it a pullet's 1st egg? If so it will probably get darker after a few more eggs? I love my Welsummers eggs. My chickens have almost quit laying the last 2 weeks esp. this last week with all the rain & cold

 

[jockeyeba]

Christmas is coming up, they know. Mine have all but stopped laying again. And no one is laying in the nest boxes. All in the horses hay piles. I now have to many to keep them penned, lol, so it's an Easter egg hunt every day! My only other Maran is a roo, but he's a gorgeous blue copper. *sigh* no pretty dark eggs for me.

I have 20+ AG's that I know some of them have to be laying somewhere but it's no longer in my yard, I use to find eggs in the feedroom, the 2 stalls, the wood garage + the chicken coop now nothing I know a few of them are molting but not all of them We have a strip of woods behind a horse pen & the railroad track but its so hard to find anything in those woods

 

[TammyTX]

It is a pullets first egg, but I think they get lighter over the course of the year, then after molt they get darker again...if my memory is correct. I have two 4 month old Wellies and I'm excited about their eggs too. The last welsummer I had gave speckled eggs and they were beautiful. Maybe they will surprise me around Valentines Day.

My chickens have been on a laying strike for over a month but then, on my birthday last week, one EE'r started laying every other day again. Not bad for a five year old hen.


Our family/friend just left about an hour ago and I am BUSHED!

The hubs is in his armchair snoring and I am ready for bed too!!

 

[showbarnmom]

I have 20+ AG's that I know some of them have to be laying somewhere but it's no longer in my yard, I use to find eggs in the feedroom, the 2 stalls, the wood garage + the chicken coop now nothing I know a few of them are molting but not all of them

I actually took a video tonight of our horse eating an egg. So now my suspicions are validated.

 

[jockeyeba]

It is a pullets first egg, but I think they get lighter over the course of the year, then after molt they get darker again...if my memory is correct.  I have two 4 month old Wellies and I'm excited about their eggs too.  The last welsummer I had gave speckled eggs and they were beautiful.  Maybe they will surprise me around Valentines Day. 

My chickens have been on a laying strike for over a month but then, on my birthday last week, one EE'r started laying every other day again.  Not bad for a five year old hen.


Our family/friend just left about an hour ago and I am BUSHED!   The hubs is in his armchair snoring and I am ready for bed too!! 

This was "Summer's" 1st eggs a few months ago I have 1 Game hen (my favorite) that is laying everyday but hardly any of the others are. My Bk Orp is laying pretty regular still.

 

[jockeyeba]

I have 20+ AG's that I know some of them have to be laying somewhere but it's no longer in my yard, I use to find eggs in the feedroom, the 2 stalls, the wood garage + the chicken coop now nothing I know a few of them are molting but not all of them

I actually took a video tonight of our horse eating an egg. So now my suspicions are validated.

A horse eating eggs that's wild.

 

[hungnguyen]

I had a very nice surprise today....the first Black Copper egg!!!

In the photo I have it sat on dry ground coffee for color comparisons. I wish it were darker like some of the beauties I've seen on the BCM thread.

For a moment I thought you gone to make some French flans (egg custard with coffee caramel). Don't forget to add some pandan leaves for the taste.