EE's EGGs - who, where, when, what (let's track who laid what and who hatched from what)

[canesisters]

WOW!
Two new additions to the lovely world of colored eggs!
Congrats

 

[chicken pickin]

Don't know who yet but thought I'd share my Olive Egg from a few days ago

What breeds lay all the others? I really want a dark brown egg layer or two(next spring I hope).

 

[mstricer]

Quote: Both the brown are from my Black Copper Marans pullets, the blue is from an EE and the olive one is from an first generation Olive Eggers I recieved from Wynette a BYC member

 

[Mama Hen Chris]

Who our bird is : Wilma
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Where they came from : Western Ranchman Feed Store
When they started laying: September 20, 2012 (20 weeks old)
What color eggs they lay:
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[chickengarden]

Who: Dr. Pepper, an Easter Egger from Coastal Farm and Ranch in Wenatchee, WA


What: a seafoam green egg



When: at 22 1/2 weeks (Sept. 23, 2012)

 

[Wishing4Wings]

That looks like a pretty big egg!! Congrats!

 

[canesisters]

Mama Hen, I LOVE your nest boxes!!!!!

How did you build them???
I have a plastic tote and my girls hate it! Will not go near it. I'd love to have something like yours.
By the way - what breeds do you have? Such a nice, colorful, diverse flock.

 

[chickengarden]

That looks like a pretty big egg!! Congrats!

It must be the angle. It's a smallish one but a nice shape. Here it is again next to my BO pullet's egg:


It's all dirty b/c she laid it in a corner of the run.

 

[Mama Hen Chris]

Thank you canesisters. Sorry to hear your girls do not like their nest box. Do you have plastic eggs or golf balls in there for them to get the hint? I have a plastic eggs in mine.


Originally the nest boxes were going to be attached to the inside of the coop but after the box was built, it took up too much room. We decided it was best to cut open the north wall and insert it. It was framed like the windows. I was using shavings but they kept kicking it out onto the sand floor so a BYCer suggested using excelsior nesting material. Works great for me...no mess on the floor.


Here it is before painting. Just a rectangular box with dividers for the girls. Hubby thought we need that many but most do not get used.


Installed and framed.


The nesting material. Got it from eggcartons.com




The girls in the boxes are:
Veronica (Barred Rock), Roberta (Sliver Laced Wyandotte) and Wilma (EE)
Sophie (Black Australorp) and Gretchen (Gold Laced Wyandotte)
I have another SLW, several more EE's, Welsummer, Black Sex-Link and a Cuckoo Marans.
I have 14 girls.

 

[canesisters]

Any idea of the dimensions of each box?
I only have 5 girls right now so I think that 2 boxes will be plenty.

Funny you should ask about the fake eggs. I have a couple of plastic eggs - they were NOT impressed. So I started collecting the eggs from the run and putting them in the box. I had 8 in there and still they ignored the box and layed in the run...
I think I'll try changing the bedding. Maybe they just don't like the hay.