Rural Gardening: I have an egg!!! Our FIRST egg!, 1 by Badseed

Badseed wrote:
I guess my girls did not look too close when they went outside last night. Of course it is dark when we lock up the birds but they chose to go into the coop between 9 and 9:30. I went out this morning, opened the pen, filled the food, checked the water and caught site of something white right in the middle of the yard. An egg!! It's not a big one but it's sure not tiny, but who's is it??

I imagine it's no good for eating or hatching as it sat outside all night in the mid 70s-too cool for hatching, too warm to keep it fresh?? I'm fairly certain two of the silkies are cockerels but the verdict is still out on most of the other birds. But someone laid an egg! LOL

I'm just amazed! When I was reading about hens and laying, wherever I was said they'd start between 17 and 30 weeks depending on the breed. Mine were 17 weeks on the 20th! Nature never fails to amaze me!

Oh, am I not supposed to worm the birds before they start laying?? Ruh roh!