Houston, we have eggs!!

November 27, 2007

First eggs!!Tribute to the unknown hens… Hurray, hurray, hurray!!! This morning - with the rain steadily pouring down - I found our first two eggs in the hutch. I must say I had not expected them to start laying already. We thought that we had to wait until February next year but no, there are at least two serious girls in that bunch.

After the reading we’d done about hens, I was prepared for little, tiny eggs, but I found these quite acceptable. They’re not a huge eggs, but it’s definitely acceptable and they would not look odd in those boxes we get at the Co-Op supermarket. Compared to the eggs we get from the local farm here down the road, they’re a bit smallish. But hey, it is a first attempt… In fact, if you think about it that a hen can produce something out of her body which is relatively big compared to her body mass, it’s nothing less than a miracle of nature. We’re proud of our girls!

Also the heavy rain today did not stop them from ranging about in the bushes next to the house. Hens appear to have some grease in their feathers that normally prevents them from getting wet. But today there was so much rain that they were truly soaked. When I went out to bring them their afternoon snack they looked completely soaked and very skinny…

Soaked hens

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One Response to “Houston, we have eggs!!”

  1. Val Hunkin on November 28th, 2007 0:00

    Congratulations are obviously in order with the arrival of your first eggs, - or at least that of your first hens’eggs. So was it scrambled, fried, boiled or poached, -or into a cake?? Did they lkive up to expectations??

    We in Silverdale have had a flood in the sitting/dining room of some major proportions and so are unlikely to invite anyone here until the new carpet is fitted in mid December. How about calling here after Dec 15th? We would really like to meet you both.
    Val

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