Sienna is the last of the girls from our current breeder to lay her first, tiny, egg today. She is a late starter. She must be coming up to about a year old because we got the silky girls on 20th May last year and the breeder said they were about two months old, although I think they may have been slightly younger.
Jasmine started laying three months ago so we were beginning to wonder if Sienna was ever going to lay. We have had four of these tiny eggs from the girls that came from our current breeder so they seem to be a feature of these girls as we had never come across this before.
Sienna’s first egg next to a pound coin
Sienna’s egg sat on a pound coin
Assorted eggs for a size comparison
On the left is Flame’s large egg, next is Smoke’s egg to show the largest serama egg size, next is Spangle’s egg to show the average serama egg size, next is Dandelion’s egg to show the smallest serama egg size and on the right is Sienna’s tiny egg.
The inside of Sienna’s egg
Although tiny, the egg has a good shell and a perfect little yolk. Well done Sienna!
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Well done Sienna!! Is it just vanilla to lay now? xx
No, Sienna is the last one to start laying. Vanilla’s first egg was 9th March and she has been quite a good layer since she started. I posted that she laid torpedo shaped eggs to start with and soon became a good layer after her late start. Last of the amigos to start but three weeks before Sienna.
Cinnamon is the only flock member that hasn’t started laying this year. xx
She is indeed a (very) late starter; may her eggs increase in size, continue to have sturrdy shells and become more frequent!
She is the latest starter I think we have ever had. Her comb and face has turned a very bright red. It seems to be a feature of these girls to lay a tiny first egg so I expect her next one will be more normal. I was pleased that the shell was firm. At least that egg would have been easy to pass!
That is a little egg, but well done Sienna.
I think Sienna may have laid again yesterday. There was a small torpedo shaped egg in a corner of the chicken shed. Vanilla laid torpedo shaped eggs when she started but now lays round eggs which are similar in size to Smoke’s eggs. It’s frustrating that I didn’t see her in there but I am fairly sure that must have been her egg by the shape of it. Hopefully I will catch her next time.