I had read online to expect Barred Rocks to start laying around 24 weeks old. So I had made a note, "Eggs?" on my calendar for July 8th. Well, apparently I've got some over-achievers in the group because I checked the coop when I got home June 6th and there was the first egg! It was fairly tiny and was under the waterer instead of in the nesting box, but I'm hoping they'll catch on to the nesting box idea in time! Despite it's small size it had a double yolk!
We've now had two more eggs, both in the run instead of inside the nesting boxes which are in the coop. I checked on them late the other night and it appears they've been sleeping in the run on their perch, probably due to there being more ventilation in the coop (it's been in the mid to high 90s the past few days here in Nashville).
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| Their perch in the run. |
I'm guessing I have multiple birds laying now since I've had one white egg and two tan ones. My understanding is that a bird with have the same colored eggs throughout life. I wasn't expecting to have a tan-layer and a white-layer from the same species though, so that's fun!
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| Left: Egg #3, Right: Egg #2 |
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