One of our girls decided to celebrate the 4th of July by laying her first egg! Our party had just started when someone noticed there was something in the coop . . . a little brown egg. The girls are on their way to helping us eat local, fresh food. Mister Man and I were as proud as new grandparents! Here are some photos from yesterday:
The Proud Grandpa
(notice the resemblance?)
The proud Grandma
The mamas
Early arrivals to the party were witness to the first egg . . . thanks guys for sharing this great moment!
Dave, Joan, and Tim
Duncan and Tom
Folks enjoying food, drink, and conversation
Our party turned out to very fun, casual, and relaxing. Here are Joan and Kim enjoying the evening:
Entertainment was provided by Tom Martin (playing his new National), Stan Martinez (drums), Pablo Rangel (harmonica), Gunter Voelker (Guitar), and Tom Voelker (harmonica)
(left to right: Pablo, Tom, Stan, Gunter)
Phew, another great party . . . the day after has turned out to be exciting. While Mister Man and I were enjoying our coffee outside, another egg was laid. I took video of the process . . . .
Nesting
(nesting material is shredded bills, thus foiling (or should that be fowling) identity thieves!)
Hen fruit #2
Proud mamas
I always thought that chickens squawked when the egg was popping out . . . but we have now learned that once the egg is laid the hen jumps out of the coop and starts yelling out “hey! look what I did!” Since we can’t tell the chickens apart we don’t know if only one is laying or both . . . but from the video you can see that both are happy about the new egg.
Pullet eggs are the first eggs laid and are small.
Comparison with store bought large eggs
The only down side to this is that I just bought a 50# bag of feed for growing chickens. Now I’ll have to go back out to the Tractor Store to get layer feed. Nevertheless, Mister Man and I are so happy with our chickies – we enjoy their company and antics. Hope y’all enjoy them virtually as well!
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