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Poultry and Pets => Chicken Chat => Topic started by: tosca100 on June 01, 2012, 18:21

Title: Three eggs!
Post by: tosca100 on June 01, 2012, 18:21
I know it's silly, but I have a big grin on my face tonight. We have, for the first time, had three proper eggs from three hens. :D

We were getting a bit worried that the black rock was going to have problems as she has had a couple of episodes of laying soft eggs, and was quite poorly a while back. She is bouncing fit now, climbing in all the pots and wrecking the borders, but laid another softy a couple of days ago. Today she laid a (rather large) perfect egg.  :D

Not really bothered about getting a lot of eggs, just want happy healthy chooks.
Title: Re: Three eggs!
Post by: ANHBUC on June 01, 2012, 19:13
Congratulations.   :D

One of our Broody Bantams "Lotty" started laying again a couple of days ago.  Her chicks are only 7 weeks old and we caught her bullying one of them today.  We have put her back in her old coop on her own which she is not happy about.   :(
Title: Re: Three eggs!
Post by: j00les on June 11, 2012, 20:32
It great when you start getting eggs from your own chooks tastes so much nicer too :D
Title: Re: Three eggs!
Post by: tosca100 on June 11, 2012, 20:44
Getting three most days now, happy neighbours each side, they've both had a box. Although we don't really see much of them, they both say they like to hear the chooks going about their business.
Title: Re: Three eggs!
Post by: JaK on June 13, 2012, 19:54
Congrats! It's lovely having fresh eggs, all that baking that needs to be done....  ;)
I'm not getting many eggs at the moment as all my lot seem to be going broody, I'm going to have to get tough!  :lol: