Yesterday Ken came in and said "I think we may be getting our first egg today!" He explained that one of the hens was squatting and moving around looking like she was trying to get comfortable enough to lay an egg. I went out, took some pictures, and decided she was just taking a dust bath. I've never seen a chicken lay an egg. We checked every now and then throughout the day yesterday . . . no egg.
But we did get up early this morning and put our minds to getting the nest boxes built for the chicken coop. That project has been on our to-do list for a few weeks now. Especially since the hens turned five months old just yesterday, about the age we've read that they could start laying . . . hmmmmm . . . better get those nest boxes installed. We worked hard and by 5 o'clock this afternoon we took the set of two nest boxes down to the coop. Ken swept out the coop to make ready a place for the nest boxes while I fetched a bucket of shavings for them. When I arrived at the coop Ken presented me with our first egg! She ( we don't really know which one yet) laid her first egg right in the middle of the floor. Let's hope tomorrow she may figure out what the boxes are for, but we still don't have the fake egg to put there to give her a hint.
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| See her squatting in the back while the others are greeting me, chattering away, telling me (I'm sure) that one of our Buff Orpingtons, "Daisy" is in dire straights! |
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| Hmmmm . . . are you okay? |
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| TaDaaaaa! |
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| This one, unfortunately, is cracked but doesn't it have beautiful coloring? It's the coloring that makes us think it may be one of the Sex-Links, a cross between a White Leghorn and a Buff Orpington with the Leghorn's eggs being white and the Buff Orpinton's being the pinkish brown. |
Life is good!
7 comments:
The start of fresh eggs for breakfast. Yumm!!
Congrats. I have never used fake eggs but if you feel you must, try an old golf ball. I hear they work just as well.
Wow, what a big day, that's terrific! I wonder why it cracked, though. The nesting box will surely make for a softer landing. Congratulations! Your own chickens, your own eggs, wow.
Yay!! Isn't it just so exciting?! You'll feel like you're getting presents every single day! :-)
Congratulations!
Lovely! Looks like a fair size for a pullet egg too. I also have to say the coloring is like what my Delaware lays.
So your Buffs started laying right at 5 months? Ours our 2 and a half months, but hopefully December days and weather won't deter them.
Hi Leigh, I did say they were five months old . . . in actuality it's 23 weeks . . . and we got one more the second day, none yesterday though. It will be fun anticipating their "gifts" on a daily basis, won't it?
Love that you are going to have your very own fresh eggs, how yummy, convenient, and enviable by us city folks.
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