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A First

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Today was a cold, rainy day; not nearly as lovely as yesterday on many levels.  However, when I went out to make an “egg check” mid morning I was rewarded with the sight of a beautiful, wee, speckled brown egg.  I didn’t touch it, but went racing back to the house to get the kids yelling towards Jonny’s office on the way that we had our first egg.  The kids went bananas.  It was actually sort of ridiculous.  There was a lot of screaming as everyone scrambled to pull on their shoes.  We headed back out to the coop as a group so that each child could see our prize.
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Then of course everyone wanted a turn holding the egg.  Daddy first. 

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Funny because everyone wanted a picture of themselves holding the egg too.

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I warned you that when the eggs started arriving I would be posting lots of pictures of them.  There would have been more today but the light was really terrible and my camera didn’t like it.

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Larkspur was hilarious because she kept yelling at the other kids to be careful with the egg or else the baby chicken would fall out of it.  She talked non stop about the baby chick that must be residing inside just waiting to pop out.  I can just imagine the excitement there will be if we let our hens hatch chicks next year.  If they get “broody” we plan to.

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Hopefully this little guy will be joined by another egg (or more) tomorrow!  I’m not sure who laid this one.  When I opened the nest boxes from the outside there was a barred rock hen in the box with the egg.  However, when we went back to see the egg, minutes later, there was a golden comet in the box and the egg had been pushed to the floor. 
If you are new to the blog and want to tour the chicken coop, you can see it HERE.  Comments on that post are soooo welcome because they make Jonny really happy.  You know how men are 🙂

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Filed Under: homesteading, pets · · 8 Comments

Ginny

I believe that when you slow down and savor the small things, you don’t have to wish for a different life; you can discover beauty in the life you already have. {Find out more here...}

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  1. Meghan says

    October 18, 2009 at 10:31 am

    I would get so excited about an egg if I had chickens!

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  2. Ginny says

    October 16, 2009 at 7:06 am

    Kelly, I have heard of putting fake eggs or golf balls in the nest boxes to encourage the hens to lay there, but not to keep them from pecking the eggs. That's probably a good idea!

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  3. Kelly says

    October 16, 2009 at 6:41 am

    Ginny, my friend who has lots of chickens has wooden eggs in her egg laying area. I don't remember exactly why but something to do with faking out the hens so they don't peck at the eggs. Do you have those? i thought that was cool.

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  4. BT says

    October 16, 2009 at 5:22 am

    We don't have chickens but we belong to a neighbourhood group that buys eggs from a farmer outside our city who sells eggs from free-range (etc) hens. We pick up our eggs each week from one of our neighbours. Our eggs look exactly like yours! And two years into being in this group, I still marvel at the beauty of these eggs every single time we pick them up or I use them throughout the week. They are as beautiful on the inside as the outside too!Congratulations, and here's to many many more to come.

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  5. Gardenia says

    October 16, 2009 at 4:28 am

    what a wonder. it's like the millionaire who saves his first dollar. 🙂

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  6. Green Thumb Mama says

    October 16, 2009 at 3:33 am

    YAY! I know this thrill!! Congratulations! Our hens started laying last week, as you know. Only 2 of them are doing the laying consistently. We are averaging 2-3 eggs a day from those 2 girls…sometimes 1, but the average is 2! Enjoy, they are TASTY!

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  7. arj Harvey says

    October 15, 2009 at 7:23 pm

    Yea, an egg and a pretty one at that!!!–Marj

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  8. Diane says

    October 15, 2009 at 5:16 pm

    Wow, it's possibly crazy, but I'm excited with you! It is beautiful!

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