Mercedes55 Posted January 7, 2011 Share Posted January 7, 2011 I've had 3 eggs this week from our Salmon Favorelle and today when I went in to give them their corn I checked in the nest and there was little blue egg, it's so exciting, I've never seen one this colour before Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squidsin Posted January 7, 2011 Share Posted January 7, 2011 I'm so jealous. My pekins haven't laid a single egg since October! (And they are enormous! It's probably all feathers, but they're certainly not the tiny little birdies they were when I got them in April. Do hens grow a thick winter coat?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercedes55 Posted January 7, 2011 Author Share Posted January 7, 2011 I haven't kept hens long enough to know if they grow a thicker coat in Winter Both our Salmon Favorelle and Cream Legbar are quite big, more so the Salmon Favorelle, she is huge. Our Welsummer is also quite big, but as in long from head to tail and tall rather than stocky, but our Araucana is quite small, she is smaller than our ex batts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted January 7, 2011 Share Posted January 7, 2011 What a pretty egg . Congratulations . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sari Posted January 7, 2011 Share Posted January 7, 2011 It's so exciting isn't it?? I was thrilled to find another today!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snoxy Posted January 7, 2011 Share Posted January 7, 2011 My columbine/skyline Daphne lays eggs that beautiful blue colour Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poachedegg Posted January 7, 2011 Share Posted January 7, 2011 We have a Cream Legbar, though we haven't had any eggs from her yet - hope we get coloured ones, yours looks lovely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouldercroft Posted January 7, 2011 Share Posted January 7, 2011 what are these strange objects you speak of??? can you tell my patience is wearing thin....I love my girls but...just one little egg would make me so happy... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercedes55 Posted January 7, 2011 Author Share Posted January 7, 2011 We hadn't got to the stage of being impatient as we had been told they wouldn't lay till the Spring. They have all been eating lots of porridge and corn with the weather being so cold, which we had assumed would definitely not encourage laying as they weren't eating much of their pellets, so it was such a wonderful surprise to get 2 of the new girls laying this week Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angie Posted January 7, 2011 Share Posted January 7, 2011 Oh wow , Well done . i have had one egg a day since the weekend but i can't wait to get a little blue one. Sassi is so good she is also fairly quite whilst laying. It is the other two that run in the coop to see what she has been up to and start congratulating her who are the noisy one. She lays in the nest box too, amazing how they know where to go isn't it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercedes55 Posted January 8, 2011 Author Share Posted January 8, 2011 Oh wow , Well done . i have had one egg a day since the weekend but i can't wait to get a little blue one. Sassi is so good she is also fairly quite whilst laying. It is the other two that run in the coop to see what she has been up to and start congratulating her who are the noisy one. She lays in the nest box too, amazing how they know where to go isn't it? It constantly amazes me how they know where to go too. They must be quite intelligent to go back to the nest and not just lay them randomly in the run Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
