On Saturday morning I went out to say hi to our 6 girls and found our 1st egg. Was so excited. The egg was perfectly sized, brown color, etc. I was told that often the 1st few eggs are small, odd shaped, etc. but still perfectly healthy to eat. This led me to believe my sneaky family was playing...
Thanks viejo loco. Yeah we were all super excited to see our 1st egg. It was a month faster than I expected so I thought my family was playing a trick on me and planted the egg there. :-)
Regarding the sitters, I will check with my local vets as that's a great idea. Not sure if any of the vets...
NorthTexaschick, thank you so much for the quick reply. We had a blast this morning scanning online to try and figure it out. We were pretty sure she was a pullet but could not figure out if she was a Welsummer. She is about 5 months old and we had 1 dark brown egg in the nest box yesterday and...
We are headed out of town soon and wondering if anyone knows a service (such as a pet sitting service) I can call that can check on our 6 chickens while we are out of town. We live in the Scottsdale. Bonus is our chickens just started laying eggs (got our 1st one yesterday - very exciting) so it...
Lots a Cluckin, thank you for the quick reply. Glad to hear we were at least in the ballpark with our guess. Thankfully the Internet has been really helpful trying to figure out breed. You would agree this chicken is a hen / pullet right? She is about 5 or 6 months old.