They do lay dark eggs..
The dark speckled one is from my Welsummer. Sometimes her eggs are darker and sometimes lighter. I am thinking this is due to the weather lately.
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Congrats and welcome to the 1st egg club.I know exactly what you went through. I lurked forever and could not wait to post my 1st. 6 of my 8 girls have laid their first egg beginning in Jan. Everyday is a surprise when I check the nest boxes.My EE just laid her 1st yesterday! I am now...
I was very excited when my daughter called me at work today to tell me the good news. Josephine, our Easter Egger, laid her very 1st egg today. (2 1/4 oz)I have been reading this thread and seeing that not all EE's lay green or blue eggs. I figure with my luck she will lay a brown one just like...
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Congrats...looks delicious! Am waiting on our EE Josephine to lay an egg. Am curious to see what color we get. She will be 25 weeks this coming Tuesday.
My Millie laid her first egg this morning. She is a Black Star and is 23.5 weeks old. It weighed in at 1 3/4 oz. What an egg-citing morning. I now have two girls laying- 6 more to go .
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Sounds like a good way to start the year off. Your story sounds just like what happened to me yesterday. Hubby had the day off and called me late afternoon to inform me I had a surprise waiting for me! Everyone at work was just as excited as I was and wanted to see. Today I brought my...
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Egg-citing for you! Presents are fun. I thought I would get my second egg today but not today I guess.I wait in great anticipation now. I can't wait to get home from work now to see if I have a present. Congrats to you and your girl.
I have been eagerly waiting to join this thread and I can finally say I got my first egg.
Bridget is a 22.6 week old Delaware and this is what was in her nest box:
The large white egg is store bought and weighed 2 3/8.