sjp Posted November 27, 2016 Share Posted November 27, 2016 finally at 2.54 this afternoon the first of this years pullets has started to lay ! the smallest girl of the six she's been restless and gobby for a couple of hours in that I want to find a nest sort of way she ended up laying by the back gate as I watched 1 down five to go Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mullethunter Posted November 27, 2016 Share Posted November 27, 2016 Only one day different to my Margot! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjp Posted November 27, 2016 Author Share Posted November 27, 2016 Only one day different to my Margot! most admit I was a bit yesterday yes pun intended it was a very nice surprise when I let them out to FR dinner time and I saw how she was acting I'm hoping to get at least one darker green egg layer from the other 5 and a darker shade of mid brown would be nice I've got more than enough shades of cream and dark brown/speckled layers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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sjp Posted November 30, 2016 Author Share Posted November 30, 2016 2nd pullet egg laid overnight not sure if it's from the same one that laid Sunday or a 2nd layer In think it's a 2nd egg through Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minnie&Moose Posted December 4, 2016 Share Posted December 4, 2016 Got our first from one of this year's hatch yesterday - one of the Shetland pullets! Lovely to see but it was supposed to be / Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mullethunter Posted December 4, 2016 Share Posted December 4, 2016 From what I read that's quite common Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjp Posted December 4, 2016 Author Share Posted December 4, 2016 I'm up to 4 in 7 days all from the same pullet I think I find with my CLB crosses I get more than plus the odd I've assumed this is because the brown gene is more dominate then the blue gene. green resulting from a film of brown pigment over a blue eggshell can't figure out why it's cream that turns up more than a mid brown through Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minnie&Moose Posted December 5, 2016 Share Posted December 5, 2016 Another slightly bigger today! I suspect these 'rogue' eggs are Betty's - am hoping that Bob (yes, she's a she, but Bob is short for 'Bobble-head Bob' which describes her perfectly - she has a hairdo like a Poland!) will lay a nice when she gets round to it since we lost our beautiful layer to a badger in the summer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjp Posted December 5, 2016 Author Share Posted December 5, 2016 I had another egg today that's 5 in 8 days but no increase in size yet if anything today's is a smidgen smaller Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjp Posted December 7, 2016 Author Share Posted December 7, 2016 have a 2nd girl laying today but not one of the pullets but one of the older girls which was a very nice surprise up to 6 pullet eggs in 8 days as of yesterday plus one hens egg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minnie&Moose Posted December 12, 2016 Share Posted December 12, 2016 Another first egg this weekend - from one of our Scots Dumpy bantams - it's very small and very And our one remaining ex batt has come back into lay. So after a summer of virtually no eggs with everyone either broody or too old (or so I thought), now we have 3 layers - this might be the first winter with eggs since I refuse to buy any! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjp Posted December 12, 2016 Author Share Posted December 12, 2016 I've got 2 hens back in lay and I think 2 of the pullets are laying the difference between pullet eggs is a bit to much to be from one girl I didn't expect the hens to start till after Christmas the pullets I half hoped would start but never expected them to start for another week or two. the first to start to lay is actually one of the younger ones she was about 23-24 weeks old when she layed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjp Posted December 13, 2016 Author Share Posted December 13, 2016 looks like 3 of the pullets are laying just found a creamish coloured egg in there with all of this weeks eggs next to each other 2 are from on girl probably the first to start laying as their a bit bigger than the other 2 and a slightly different shape yesterdays is I think a first or 2nd egg, today's is a bit big to be a first egg so I think that girl must have laid a couple last week and is more than likely responsible for the poor quality one from last weekend most eggs I've had in early December for a couple or 3 years 7 eggs in 4 days Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjp Posted January 16, 2017 Author Share Posted January 16, 2017 the pullet I was hoping was a green egg layer finally laid her first egg today and it's green sadly not as dark as I was hoping for but ha ho but I've got a dark brown layer with is a nice surprise. I just need all six to lay on the same day so I can figure out how many colours of egg I've actually got plus confirm that all 6 are laying I know I've got a cream ( might be 2) a dark brown and a green layer but I've also had the odd speckled egg and the odd pinkish one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luvachicken Posted January 16, 2017 Share Posted January 16, 2017 All of your eggs sound very pretty Good luck for getting 6 eggs in one day ......... at one point I had 6 girls but only ever got 5 eggs and that only happened once Still waiting for any eggs at all from my remaining 3 ...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mullethunter Posted January 16, 2017 Share Posted January 16, 2017 None of my established girls are laying either luvachicken. Just lucky to be getting eggs from one of my new araucana bantams. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjp Posted January 17, 2017 Author Share Posted January 17, 2017 I'm getting eggs from 2 of the 3 coops and I think all but 1 of the girls in no 2 coop are laying at least 2 only once a week coop 3 is the pullets coop 1 at least 3 should be laying or aren't far off laying going by the colour of the head gear and the fact that the cockerel isn't to frustrated now plus he's got a shadow or two Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minnie&Moose Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 got an egg from our Maran today Not her first egg ever but her first egg this year. So, that's 4 of them laying now - though the bantam dumpies only lay every 2-3 days and the eggs are like small pekin eggs at the moment, though they're definitely bigger than their pekin mum (and boss her about something dreadful ). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luvachicken Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 None of my established girls are laying either luvachicken. Just lucky to be getting eggs from one of my new araucana bantams. Things are getting a tiny bit exciting though. Polly has started whinging and Gemma and Zoe have been visiting the egg box, plus Zoe is a lovely shade of red. It's just a waiting game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ursula123 Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 None of mine are laying so jealous of all the people with eggs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjp Posted January 17, 2017 Author Share Posted January 17, 2017 I've been getting eggs for just under a month whats surprised me is how many I'm getting it's the best winter I've had I think mainly to how much sunlight We've had up till this last week end Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjp Posted January 26, 2017 Author Share Posted January 26, 2017 an update on the green egg from the pullet it's turned out to be a better green than I thought not as dark as I hoped for but it's the best one of the green layers and it's one of the shiniest eggs I get I'm almost sure that all 6 pullets are laying I just need a 6 egg day so I can find out the full colour range of their eggs hopefully before the end of next week as I need a few good looking eggs for a display next Saturday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luvachicken Posted January 26, 2017 Share Posted January 26, 2017 Fingers crossed that your 6 egg day comes soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjp Posted January 26, 2017 Author Share Posted January 26, 2017 Fingers crossed that your 6 egg day comes soon. I've got more than My fingers crossed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
