The Poultry - Pullet Eggs

Pullet Eggs

We are finally getting a regular flow of eggs and most of them are pullet eggs.  A few of the old hens are laying, but not too many and not too often.  The pullets are laying up a storm, however.  Their eggs are smaller this year than I ever remember.  They are Barred Rocks, which we have had before, but these eggs are really tiny. 

We are also getting turkey pullet eggs.  They are about the size of regular chicken eggs now, but they are pale and speckled.  I like turkey eggs rhe best.  I like the flavor and consistency.  They will get substantially larger before spring.

Every once in a while there is a duck egg,  but I think it is from one of the older duck hens.  We have ten duck hens that we are over-wintering, so when they get going there should be a lot of eggs.  I am not sure how many are older and how  many are first year layers.  I think we had six last year, so maybe only four of them are youngsters.  They lay white or blue eggs.

The geese are not laying yet.  We only kept one hen over (We are hoping she is a hen).  We won't know for sure until we see that first egg in the spring.  Above are duck eggs with one pullet egg.  Below are several pullet eggs at the other end of the egg box.  You can see how little they are this year.  If anyone knows why this might be, please let me know.