[ells chickens]

Good evening can any body tell me if it is normal for your chickens first egg to be soft i got up to this this morning . I have two chickens they are 20 weeks old i have a blue bell and a light Sussex i am feeding them on layer pellets poultry feed . i have got them grit they have water and a run that is six foot by 8 foot they are on wood chip. They seem happy and come up to my wife and feed out of her hand. I have had them only three weeks   

any advise would be much appreciated

Ells chickens 

[BADBACK]

soft eggs are very common some times first few eggs are very small the size of a marble dont worry all will be ok you are not doing anything wrong

[karlooben]

hi there and welcome , soft eggs are common but be warned about the ones that look normal in colour and size  i have just had one that was all that but very soft and i didnt notice until it was to late 

[ells chickens]

soft eggs are very common some times first few eggs are very small the size of a marble dont worry all will be ok you are not doing anything wrong

Thanks for that let you know when I get my first egg that I can eat

Regards
Ells chickens

[ells chickens]

hi there and welcome , soft eggs are common but be warned about the ones that look normal in colour and size  i have just had one that was all that but very soft and i didnt notice until it was to late 

I will update you when I get a hard one

Thanks
Ells shickens

[karlooben]

i hope you enjoy them  the proper laided eggs that is .

[ells chickens]

Just an update my blue bell Christina laid a small but perfect egg. this morning at 10.30 .Well pleased. I am just waiting for Flo my Sussex to lay her first.

Well pleased   

Just a quick one does any one know were to by cleaning products in Berkshire

Thanks
Ells chickens

[flangey]

Hello, I dont which part of Berkshire you're in, but if you have a Scats near you they do jeyes fluid or you can get poultry shield on line from most places, flyte so fancy is one of the quickest.  If you're Reading way, there's a Scats on the A33 near basingstoke

[ells chickens]

Hello, I dont which part of Berkshire you're in, but if you have a Scats near you they do jeyes fluid or you can get poultry shield on line from most places, flyte so fancy is one of the quickest.  If you're Reading way, there's a Scats on the A33 near basingstoke

Thanks for that I will take a run over there.

[ells chickens]

Two good eggs in two days just waiting on my Sussex to start laying now my blue bell is   laying

 I got of to a worrying start with my first egg being soft . But after joining this forum I was reassured this is quit common for the first couple of eggs to come out soft.

Well pleased