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Gorgeous

Isn't it crazy exciting. I was way too excited when the first egg came haha

Time for the Happy Dance

The white one might be a Brahma, but I'm sure there are more feather footed birds.

Any feathers on the feet of the white one?

That's so cool. I wish I had gotten a colored layer I've been lucky, for now my two layers are pretty much everyday with one day off a week or so. Maybe too early to think it's their pattern only been a couple weeks from first egg.

I have noticed that if a hen lays really late one day, the next day may be her day off (since it is a 25 hour cycle). Yesterday my Lucy got disturbed by a couple of coop mates and she left the nest only to lay her egg in the middle of the run amongst all the other hens. They then proceeded to...

How exciting. Nice looking eggs, big too

Wow Lucky. Lucky chick too :)

So true, huh . I am just having so much fun with this chicken life.

Well that was fast! No celebration song, so I wasn't sure when I went to look. But there it was a tiny little egg!!! Pics to follow

My little Lucy, a Columbian Wyndotte, is now in the nest box. I was moving my pens around and the girls were crazy with excitement waiting to get to some new grass. By the time I had it all ready to go, little Lucy had disappeared inside. The Black Austrolorp "Gerty " has laid 3 eggs total...

Very cool. My husband wants green/blue eggs so I bet I can talk him into 3 more birds. He was so sweet and the hens are my 50th b day present, along with him building the coop and run. We are also in a right to farm area, but because in the city limits we are restricted by the numbers. But...

Hey Cheeka, You must live in a lovely place to be able to have so many birds. We are limited to 8 hens and one Roo, but my DH won't agree to a roo. Firestone the name on the original Lawn Flamingos. We have a couple of sets and we put them out when we camp in the airstream It's fun...

I switched to layer feed after the second 50lb bag was empty. Figured I was close enough.