A Most Eggsellent Adventure

Posted on Tuesday 27th of May 2025 at 22:23

Our chickens are growing up so fast *wipes away prideful tear* and are now 16 weeks old. One of them - but we do not know which - just laid their first egg yesterday!

A small, brown and freshly laid egg sits in a wooden nesting box amongst bedding, which has of course been kicked entirely out of the way. The egg is slightly spotted, with a couple of small darker or more red blemishes, but is otherwise fine

This is pretty early for this breed, they normally start laying somewhere around 20 weeks, but 16 isn't unheard of. We're glad it's starting. We have learned that we should get an egg every 24-26 hours, which is more than I initially believed. Three chickens, once they've all matured enough, should get us somewhere around 2-3 per day for a decent chunk of the year (they slow down when it gets colder) which is pretty good going for us and should leave us with a small surplus to give away occasionally.

We did, of course, boil it and eat it. A first egg can sometimes be pretty small or not quite formed right - luckily this one was fine although a bit smaller than we expect to get out of them, as you would expect what with it being the first. And yes... It was delicious! Sliced in half, bit of salt and pepper. Glorious. Not at all rubbery, the yolk was a strong and deep yellow, and it was very smooth texture wise. We are looking forward to the next!