She did it! She finally did it! Having matured to egg-laying age back in June, our oldest hen finally produced her first egg. She was sneaky, too! I didn't even know she was in there. I just happened to check the nest box before closing the coop up for the night and VOILA! It sure is pretty, too. I love all the tiny brown speckles. Harriet's eggs will eventually become a dark chocolate brown color. I am wondering if the speckles have anything to do with that.
Thank you, Harriet! Now get your sister hens, Cutie and Henny, to start contributing already!
(The dummy plastic egg that you see is there to encourage the hens to lay their eggs in the nest box. I didn't think that would actually work, but it has so far! I love how close Harriet's egg is to the dummy. I am guessing she was sitting on that sucker when she was laying her egg!!)
2 comments:
You could fit Harriet's egg in the plastic egg :)
so great! it's so beautiful!
i feel like i owe you an email but can't remember your questions.
sorry for the lack of response!
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