It's been my experience with EEs is that they do not have a "Normal" laying cycle. Mine have laid in the summer, winter, spring, and fall. They will lay for a few weeks, then nothing. Some lay everyday and some every other day. EEs are not the choice for egg production, only for pretty birds and...
Where in So Cal are you? From the size difference on those eggs I think you might have more than one using that honey hole... My EEs laying patterns don't make any sense... They lay when the lay I guess.
Yes there is. But it a well kept secret. Please keep it to yourself and Never tell anyone... All you have to do is....... wait for the first egg! That's it.
But seriously, EEs have the blue egg gene (from the Ameracauna) mixed with another egg color gene, usually the blue egg gene is...
Squatting usually comes if there is a rooster in the area that wants to mate. Some girls will squat when you try to pet them or just walk by them. It's basically a submission move and they will squat before a dominant hen. I did see my AM stop feeding and squat, no one around her, then back to...
Here are my EE's and OE's;
This is Bunny 6 mos ago about 1 year old. And how she looks now...
This is Lacey, a EE/Sussex mix.
This OE is Gretchen, 8 mos. old.
This is Bling, almost a year old.
This is Aria, our 8 mos old Am Wheaten.