I am so excited that my hens have started laying eggs finally. Last week, I found one egg in the box and could not believe my eyes! After all these months of checking each day, and there one was! I was surprised they started laying in a cold month and when the days were short.
I checked the next day when I fed in the morning, but nothing was there. The next day I waited to check in the afternoon, and there were two more. After taking care of these girls for all these months, it was thrilling to finally see eggs. One egg was light brown and the other was dark brown like the one I got the first day. The forth day I had more eggs and one of them was blue. So I have three of my hens laying now.
In the beginning, I thought I had six girls and my roo. Ended up, two of the girls turned out to be boys. I gave one beautiful rooster to a friend of mine and kept the little banny boy in the flock. My roo, Rocky, is not too happy having to share his girls, so I will get my banny roo, Honey, his own little flock of banny girls this spring."~~~
I came back to my blog and found this draft of one of the last things I was going to post. Reading this and the one I had posted New Life on the Homestead, I love reliving the excitement I felt when I got my first flock of chickens. Now, it has become a quirky obsession.
Unfortunately, the flock I was referencing above no longer exists. The only one that is left is Mildred. She is the one that gives me the blue egg. She survived all the hawk attacks, that eventually took each of her friends. But never fear, I have learned and I have expanded the flock. I now have 42 +/- birds. My favorites are the little Seramas and the Bantam Cochin chicken. But I love them all so!
