KMedley
Chirping
So yesterday I became a chicken owner and I bought 2 laying hens from a man near me who said he purchased chickens without knowing it was against his town’s code. He said they were 8 month olds, one Golden Comet and one Barred Rock.
After picking them up, I determined the one he said was a Barred Rock is actually a Wyandotte, which that doesn’t really bother me.
But, this afternoon they each laid an egg, a tinyyyyyy egg (38g and 39g). So now I’m wondering, since both of these breeds are supposed to be laying medium to large eggs (45-50g) could these be newer layers? They seem like big birds to be just starting to lay but I guess it could be possible. What are your thoughts?
Pics: #1 Golden Comet (Doris)
#2 Wyandotte (Karen)
#3 two small eggs
#4 one of the small eggs next to my friend’s 52g egg
After picking them up, I determined the one he said was a Barred Rock is actually a Wyandotte, which that doesn’t really bother me.
But, this afternoon they each laid an egg, a tinyyyyyy egg (38g and 39g). So now I’m wondering, since both of these breeds are supposed to be laying medium to large eggs (45-50g) could these be newer layers? They seem like big birds to be just starting to lay but I guess it could be possible. What are your thoughts?
Pics: #1 Golden Comet (Doris)
#2 Wyandotte (Karen)
#3 two small eggs
#4 one of the small eggs next to my friend’s 52g egg