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Poultry and Pets => Chicken Chat => Topic started by: New shoot on January 10, 2012, 16:43

Title: First egg of the year!
Post by: New shoot on January 10, 2012, 16:43

Courtesy of my Beyonce, the bootilicious Blue Orp bantie  :D  She's been lording over the rest all afternoon  :lol:

Title: Re: First egg of the year!
Post by: JaK on January 10, 2012, 18:15

Well done to Beyonce!!

Just out of interest how much smaller is a banty orps egg compared to an average large fowl egg?

Title: Re: First egg of the year!
Post by: New shoot on January 10, 2012, 19:17

Beyonce's egg is the smaller one on the left and the one on the right is a medium sized supermarket egg JaK  :)

(http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m198/suec_02/Chicks/IMG_0014.jpg)

Title: Re: First egg of the year!
Post by: 4chooks on January 11, 2012, 19:06

Supermaket egg???? That is swearing! Lol :mad:

Title: Re: First egg of the year!
Post by: JaK on January 11, 2012, 20:09

Thanks New shoot. Not a lot in it the really. Maybe we will have bantam orps in the future then??  :D

Title: Re: First egg of the year!
Post by: New shoot on January 11, 2012, 20:35

She laid another today  :D  Will be no speaking to her soon  :lol: 

Title: Re: First egg of the year!
Post by: SMS6 on January 11, 2012, 23:14

I'm chuffed to say my last hen Roxy started to lay today so all 4 are now laying.  We were told she might lay blue eggs - this one has a definite tint of green in it and is definitely different from the other 3.

from L - R

Ginger (Hybrid) Roxy (unknown) Bunty (poss Maran) Babs (Sussex)

Title: Re: First egg of the year!
Post by: New shoot on January 12, 2012, 20:31

Another egg from Beyonce today.  She's on a roll  :lol:

Title: Re: First egg of the year!
Post by: NormandyMary on January 13, 2012, 19:37

Ive had a sudden increase in egg production from my girls this last week, partly Im sure due to the warmer weather. Im just worried now that the new cold snap is going to put them off again. Poor birdies, they dont know whether they are coming or going do they!

Title: Re: First egg of the year!
Post by: joyfull on January 13, 2012, 19:46

but the days are getting longer and that is what helps with egg laying  :)