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I used one of the cat carriers yesterday. I put enough hay in it to be what I thought comfortable and this afternoon I found one egg. She lays one egg every other day. The cat carrier works perfect. Thanks for all your help on this thread. The egg was a purple color today. It just looks so...

Quote: Thanks so much. I will do it tomorrow. Dh will help. It would make sense to me that they would need or want a dark place. Safe makes sense. Would it matter if the eggs I put in were from the store? Does a hen think an egg is an egg or does it know it's own. I am clueless when it comes...

My hen laid another egg this morning. Didn't get one yesterday. I am going to microwave it up and make a sort of egg macmuffin. With cheese and butter. Today's egg looks bigger and the color is a little better. No blood on the outside. I don't have a nest box for her yet. Didn't expect this so...

Thanks for the ideas. I am going to look in the shed for a cat carrier. I think I have a couple somewhere. I am glad the shavings will be ok. Thanks again for all your help.

I have red sex link chickens. Six hens. Is that the same as the gold? That is the first egg and when I washed it it was a nice light brown. Course when it dried it was calamine lotion color. I looked it over quite a bit and decided it looked pretty good after all. I was just not expecting it. I...

Quote: It looks better washed up. Pretty good size too. Thanks.

Quote: Yes it will be the first fresh chicken egg not store bought. My hens are red sex links. The egg on the left is a jumbo store bought. I have had fresh duck eggs that were pretty tasty. I was just so shocked. At first I though it was part of the litter. I am thrilled one is laying. Now...

It's the one on the right. It has a weird color. Kind of ugly. Hope it gets better as time goes by. It's only been 18 weeks. I was stunned to find an egg this early. They were hatched on Oct/17/08. Yikkes it's ugly. It had blood on it a little. I checked all the chickens butts. Didn't find...