Yesterday there were just two eggs in the nest box. They were Speckles and Apricot’s eggs, so the biggest and the smallest.
The big and the small
I wasn’t sure that Speckles was going to continue laying after her last whopper. That was just over a week ago. She is still continuing to grow her feathers so that is obviously having an effect on her egg laying.
The pins on Speckles neck are opening
Her head feathers have taken ages to come in properly and now her neck feathers are nearly completely open.
She usually only lays about three eggs a week, she isn’t a prolific layer, but she does lay the biggest eggs. I would say her eggs are larger than a standard girl’s egg.
Emerald hasn’t laid for just over a week so I think she is finished for this year. She lays five or six eggs a week so is a really good layer while she is laying. She has laid for longer than usual this year so I expected her to take a break.
Speckles usually stops laying at the end of next month so it will soon be up to the little girls to keep egg production going. As we need three little eggs to make up one standard egg we have been able to eat all our eggs ourselves rather than giving some away.
This does mean we can’t “gift” them but it is quite nice to be able to eat them all and really appreciate them. Thank you girls.
Click here to see the history of my flock.
Such a diffrence between the two eggs, but exspect they are all lovely.
Big or small, they are all lovely.
Absolutely immense – what a contrast!
It does make me smile.
Many years ago I kept chickens. I knew just by the noise they made when laying if it was a big egg or not. My eyes used to water when the poor little chook laid a whopper. Couldn’t find you after you visited my blog but just read the title on Johns so have popped over to take a peep.
It’s good to have you along. I love it when the blogs cross over. I read your blog and John’s every day although I only comment now again.
Speckles always lays a large egg, but as they have been infrequent lately due to her growing feathers, she has been laying even larger eggs than usual. For a bantam her eggs are bigger than a standard girl’s eggs. My seramas on the other hand lay tiny eggs and we need three of them to make up a standard egg. They are lovely though.
I know what you mean about making your eyes water.