My Second Egg

[Terpe]

Today I got my second egg from the then baby chick that wandered into our house on New Years Day.
The very first egg was delivered on Tuesday.

How exciting it that :wink:

Probably the most expensive egg I'll ever eat :biggrin:

When the chick first arrived it was very small probably a month old.
Means the first laying at 5 months old.
It's a very big well fed bird, but the eggs are pretty small.

Haven't eaten them yet........

[grahamw48]

Congratulations ! :baby1:

One of those funny little pleasures of living in the Philippines. :biggrin:

A similar thing (lost chicken) happened at our house out there...but a different ending.

After a lively chase around the back yard, our dog presented it to me...slightly chewed. :cwm3:

[imagine]

i bought 12 pullets point of lay ,the first time i moved to aberdeen,if i remember rightly the first eggs were small, eventualy the eggs were normal size, they layed good for me 1 egg a day x12 even into the winter months when its cold the egg production is supposed to be less, i still got 100% lay,maybe because i had a good warm shed for them kitted out with nest boxes and perch bar over the top of the boxes,

[Michael Parnham]

Eggsiting time Peter! :xxgrinning--00xx3:

[imagine]

i thought poached:Erm:

[Terpe]

Thanks for the interest.
I'm so glad it's not only me excited.

That chicken is so tame and well behaved. Such a difference to the ones given to me from the province. They are feisty and bad mannered :icon_lol::icon_lol:

By the way out of my first 6 chicks only 3 are left so far and one of those rescued from the jaws of a hungry cat.
Bloodied but now fit and healthy.

The big question is do I have the power to eat any :doh
I'll report back on that when the time comes.

[raynaputi]

My grandma (and grandad) in Laguna used to have a small pen for a few chickens when we were kids and we always enjoyed watching them everytime they laid eggs! She started to have a few chicks to grow again (and then sell) recently just to take her out of boredom. :biggrin:

[stevewool]

a big and fat chicken sounds tasty :biggrin:

[grahamw48]

I will be keeping lots of them when I set up home there next year. :smile:

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[Terpe]

Third egg today just now :Jump:

What a surprise. Didn't expect 3 eggs in 3 days.
Just proves how spoilt that chicken is :icon_lol:

[Michael Parnham]

Third egg today just now :Jump:

What a surprise. Didn't expect 3 eggs in 3 days.
Just proves how spoilt that chicken is :icon_lol:

Don't become too attached Peter! :smile:

[Terpe]

Don't become too attached Peter! :smile:

That particular chicken is a pet. I already developed an attachment.
No way is that bird getting eaten :NoNo:

[grahamw48]

Stop squeezing the poor thing Peter. :biggrin:

[Terpe]

Update.
An egg every day, except for one day.
The eggs are still on the smallish size but look be getting marginally bigger.

We moved house this week which meant a new environment and new location for the nest box. Doesn't seem to have affected egg production.

The 3 native chicks grew very fast and I gave them away.
Their mother was given to a family member for eating.

This new house isn't really suitable for backyard chickens so sadly it's just one laying chicken as a pet from now on.

[Michael Parnham]

Do they still lay eggs even if there is no cockrell Peter?

[fred]

Do they still lay eggs even if there is no cockrell Peter?

Yes of course..
The only prime purpose of a cockerel is to fertilize the eggs.

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[Michael Parnham]

Thanks Fred, I understand, the same way Frogs fertilize spawn! :xxgrinning--00xx3:

[Terpe]

Same for humans too :xxgrinning--00xx3:
Luckily we don't get eaten after the fertilisation :biggrin:

[grahamw48]

It would be a pretty small egg cup too. :biggrin:

[Michael Parnham]

It would be a pretty small egg cup too. :biggrin:

That reminds me, when in Philippines we couldn't find an egg cup - no one in the shopping malls knew what an egg cup was, so we bought a little glass and used that, spot on! :xxgrinning--00xx3: