Unsecure chicken perches

[Charlie7]

I got my very first egg today! I think that Apple laid it. She is a Bantam Wyandotte. It weighs 38 grams.

This was the wonderful sight that met me:

The straw was all pushed back, a lot of it was on the roosting bars, so obviously Apple didn't like the way I arranged it.

I put the egg in an egg box and it wobbles because it is too small to fit.

The whole family knows about it and all the neighbours too, I guess, because I shouted "We have got an egg!!!" quite loudly. Now my throat hurts. Well, OK, not only because of that, also of all that calling the family and announcing it.

[Ain't Nobody Here]

Aw, congratulations . There's nothing like that first ever egg .

[green]

What a lovely surprise. Well done Apple!

[Snoxy]

FABTASTIC

 

Well done Apple

[KateCooke]

Am so envious.

Can i ask how old your bantam is?

One of my bantams is acting strange, including removing all the straw from nest box. She is also spending a lot of time in eglu and then coming out, running around like head less chicken then back in. Was your hen showing any of these signs?

Everyone has made me believe that i will not see my first til spring but you have given me hope.

 

Optomistic

[Charlie7]

Pandora laid an 40 gram egg today. I am questioning if it was Apple that laid the one two days ago, because I didn't see anything - I was out almost the whole day, but Apple just looks more mature then Pandora, so I assumed that is was Apple's egg. Apple's comb and wattles are more red then Pandora's, but her feet are more yellow. Who do you think laid the first egg?

 

Kate:

The girls are from spring, this year.

No, I haven't seen any of the signs, but I think that you will get eggs before spring, at least from your Wyandotte. From what I have read, Wyandottes lay eggs throughout the winter, just not so many like they would in the summer.

How old are yours?

[KateCooke]

Bought them beginning of Aug and was told at POL, but am now thinking they were approx 12 weeks old which would make them well over 6 months. The wynedotte appears to be youngest though, wellsummer has very red comb, redish comb on red hampshire but no comb on others yet. Here's hoping.

 

Kate

[KateCooke]

I have high hopes, my welsummer Brenda crouched for me this morning, this is the first real sign and she too is in and out of the coop so here's hoping.

 

Kate

[Charlie7]

Great news Kate! Mine aren't crouching.

[green]

I got my first egg yesterday!

[KateCooke]

Great news Kate! Mine aren't crouching.

 

I was right i got my first egg this morning, in fact i got my first two eggs.

Celebrated by myself dancing round the garden.

[green]

Two eggs, lucky you!

[jill the potter]

Congrats to all first time eggers!!!

 

Still got an egg drought here.

[Lewis]

Do the egg dance!