eggs soon? [hopeful]

[dilbertina]

have three chickens:

grey one "Bucket" - no sign of impending egg activity.

white one "Mrs Moo" - wattle and comb growing and getting properly red.

red one "Chicken Little" - squats whenever you go near her.

They must be about 20ish weeks now....what do you reckon? Can't wait, but am getting little despondent with daily disappointment...

The squatting is a good sign that they are about to come into lay. Also watch for them going in and out of the nest box a lot! What breeds are they?

ooh I do hope so!

They are all hybrids (£10 each - bargain)

white = light sussex
red = blacktail
grey = bluebelle/bluehaze thingy

Chicken farm a bit vague as to exact parentage - rhode island and "other stuff".

Are all very pretty and friendly though so am not too bothered. Will be interesting what colour eggs I get. The grey ones should have a "plum" blush. The white one has white ear lobes so maybe hers will be lighter.

OMG!!!!!!! Talk about tempting fate...guess what I found in nest box when I got home? YIPPEEE!!!!!!

Yay!

lovely!

this made me think of when I found the first egg, one of our hens started laying just by our door step(they were very free range then lol), it was great that she was so considerate!

and...it was a double yolker!

congrats! isnt it exciting!

god knows what I'll be like if I'm lucky enough to have grandchildren.....!

and another one....! Don't worry the urge to share the news of each and every egg is lessening............!

lol dilbertina

you never stop being really happy about the eggs, even when you are drowning in eggs, they are just fab.

wow at the first being a double yolker!

dilbertina - are you Sussex/Kent? Did you go to Mumbles Farm in Borough Green?

The light sussex will give you eggs the colour of very, very milky tea.

You may get double yokes for a couple of months btw - we once had a couple of hens that laid them until they were around a year old. I rather liked them!

sorry, only just noticed this.... Duchess we're on east/west sussex border. Got the chickens from Martinswood Chickens.

No more double yolkers yet but she has laid pretty much every day since she started!

We got a soft-shelled egg yesterday but I suspect that might be the white ones first effort (she's been squatting for a couple of days)...will try to make the grit look more tempting!