They're BACK! Eggs, eggs, eggs....WooHOO!

[speckledhen]

Here are some of the eggs from today--some are from hens returning to lay after a long hiatus. It's been ages since I got a blue egg, but this week three of the Ameraucanas started back laying again, finally.

From left to right:

Ameraucana, Delaware, Ameraucana, Lt. Brahma, barred EE, Rhode Island Red, Barred Rock.

 

[gritsar]

Pretty speckled

 

[kelidei]

YAY!!! isn't it great! I went from 6 eggs out of 55 hens three weeks ago to 30 a day this week... and some still aren't laying. I had a bunch coming out of molt and no artificial light... I added light... and the girls are laying like crazy.

BTW very pretty eggs!

 

[Miss Lydia]

Beautiful!

 

[Livinzoo]

I have started to get a few BCM eggs again, but no Ameraucana eggs yet.

I'm not sure how many hens I have, probably too many, but it has been taking 3 days to get a dozen. Hopefully now that the days are getting longer they will pick up laying again.

 

[Kansaseq]

Nice! Do all Delawares lay that dark?
Also, I noticed some red combs on some of my girls today; sure hope that means they plan on laying again someday soon.

 

[speckledhen]

No, not all Dels lay that dark. My Georgie is the darkest laying Del I've ever had. My other Del, Ellie's eggs are more medium tan with speckles. I have currently 28 layers total between the three coops. For months I'd been getting 3-8 eggs per day. Now, at least 15 of the 28 are laying--keep in mind that I do have quite a few hens who are 4-5 years old, so they are slower in production due to age, although, the RIR egg pictured belongs to my remaining RIR hen, Reba, who is 5.

 

[fishermans wife]

Gorgeous eggs Speckledhen!!!

 

[firsthouse_mp]

Really beautiful. You give me hope that I'll be getting more than 1 a day from 6 hens very soon......

 

[annaraven]

Woohoo! Congrats on the very pretty eggs.