First Egg

We have received our very first egg today from one of our pullets!  The pullet who decided to lay this beautiful Grade A egg (graded by my 4-H'er daughter), did so while I was gone to the grocery store.  And no, I did not buy any supermarket eggs ;)  After I got back home and put away the groceries I did buy, I went out to the coop for after noon rounds to check food and water.  I opened the door to the coop and there it was.....on the floor!   Ok, so this was the first egg, hopefully the pullets will get the hang of where to lay their eggs.  I do have a golf ball in each nesting box.  Not to entice them to lay, but to show them where to lay.

So who laid the egg?  I really, really, really want to believe it was one of the New Hampshire Reds.  Although it could be one of the Easter Eggers.  Easter Eggers can lay white, brown, green, blue or pink (very light brown) eggs.  I'm hoping for green and blue from my EE's!! *fingers crossed!*

Hopefully by mid April we'll be in full production of white, brown and tinted eggs!  Just in time for Spring!

Here is a photo of our First Egg (on right) placed next to a large white supermarket egg for comparison.