One of our three Araucana pullets laid her first egg on Saturday (February 4th - age 24 wks, 6 days). She laid again on Sunday - skipped Monday - laid her third egg today. The eggs are still small, of course, but they're such a pretty blue color. No green at all - just a clear blue. Can't wait for the eggs to get bigger. The other two pullets still haven't started laying. They are now over 25 weeks old. So they need to GET BUSY! One of them (Whiskers) has been "squatting" for over a month - and Leroy, the EE rooster, has certainly been mating with all three of the Araucana pullets for weeks now. So the other two should lay soon.
Now I have 8 active layers. Can't wait for my first 8-egg day!
By the way, with the camera flash, the egg looked white. So I played around with the photo editing software - and now it looks neon blue. It really is a beautiful blue - but not quite as bright as the photo!
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