bluekarin Posted November 9, 2008 Share Posted November 9, 2008 We have had our chickens two weeks (tomorrow) and Daisy, the eldest, has laid her first egg this afternoon . We thought she was going to as she kept going into her roosting box - which she never does usually and she was making such a lot of noise! It is small, 40g, and perfectly formed. Amazing how happy such a simple thing can make you! Just got to get the other two to do the same Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwing Posted November 9, 2008 Share Posted November 9, 2008 Congratulations, thats fab! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mostin Posted November 9, 2008 Share Posted November 9, 2008 It's so good being able to brag on this forum about your first egg as I don't think non-chicken people understand just how exciting that 1st one is. Congratulations . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluekarin Posted November 9, 2008 Author Share Posted November 9, 2008 All I can say is thank goodness I have found this site. Since we decided to get the girls, I have been on here most evenings, reading up about all sorts of things, reading everyone's stories. So it is really good to put on a post about the first egg. And rather strange as it's something I used to take for granted when shopping and just picking up a box of eggs - and getting annoyed when all the boxes had at least one broken egg in. And now it's this miraculous thing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badgerbluebadger Posted November 10, 2008 Share Posted November 10, 2008 well done daisy! got my first egg today as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluekarin Posted November 10, 2008 Author Share Posted November 10, 2008 well done daisy! got my first egg today as well Well done to Sam as well! It is such a lovely sight to see when you open up their nesting box and there it is! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mostin Posted November 10, 2008 Share Posted November 10, 2008 All I can say is thank goodness I have found this site. Since we decided to get the girls, I have been on here most evenings, reading up about all sorts of things, reading everyone's stories. So it is really good to put on a post about the first egg. And rather strange as it's something I used to take for granted when shopping and just picking up a box of eggs - and getting annoyed when all the boxes had at least one broken egg in. And now it's this miraculous thing! I know what you mean, they seem so precious now, I can't imagine how upset I would be if I dropped one of my girls eggs after all their hard work . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seagazer Posted November 10, 2008 Share Posted November 10, 2008 Congratulations on your first egg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluekarin Posted November 10, 2008 Author Share Posted November 10, 2008 All I can say is thank goodness I have found this site. Since we decided to get the girls, I have been on here most evenings, reading up about all sorts of things, reading everyone's stories. So it is really good to put on a post about the first egg. And rather strange as it's something I used to take for granted when shopping and just picking up a box of eggs - and getting annoyed when all the boxes had at least one broken egg in. And now it's this miraculous thing! I know what you mean, they seem so precious now, I can't imagine how upset I would be if I dropped one of my girls eggs after all their hard work . My daughter carried it from the house to ours and it was down a very slippery wet muddy garden and I was thinking 'please don't drop it, please don't drop it'! I fried it and put it on toast and the kids shared it for brekkie this morning. They let me have a bit of the yolk (aren't I lucky ) and it tasted like the eggs I had as a child. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
