One of my hens has started laying!!!

[matthew2riches]

I went to the run Saturday morning to find an egg! Perfect formed and it tasted great!

I have been monitoring them (yes, i really do have that much spare time) and it has been the same some laying for the past 4 days. I have had an egg everyday: Saturday, Sunday, Monday and today. Hopefully i will have another tomorrow.

From what i have monitored, she nests at about 11am, lays her egg at about 11.15am and is out of the house by 11:30am to join the others for yet more food!

I now have to wait for my others to start laying and then i should have loads of eggs!

[Tracey]

Lovely .

[kirsty b]

Thats great. It always gives me a real sense of wellbeing when I go down and find the eggs nestled cosily in the box.

I always praise my girls and tell them well done!!

[Sue]

Hi
You'll soon be wondering what to do with them and start collecting recipes that use 4+ eggs!
My 3 have laid over 900 in the past year and although I've given a number away, I still can't believe how many eggs I've eaten when I hardly used to eat them "as eggs" at all.
Still a big thrill though to go and collect the eggs
Sue

[Nicos]

That's FANTASTIC news!!!
You must be so proud of her!!

( brown or white egg????)

[Eyren]

It is exciting, isn't it! My youngest pullet started laying at the weekend, and it's just as much fun as the first time I got an egg from my own hens (though hers are only about 25g, as she's a little pekin bantam). Soon you'll have so many, you'll be giving them away (or selling them)

[bluemoon]

Jealous, jealous, jealous. It's still nearly two months until the hens finally arrive at Chez Bluemoon. I just can't wait for the day I find that first egg.

[matthew2riches]

she is a black rock so she is laying good brown eggs. the total count at the moment is 7 from saturday!! that is 1 a day!!!!!