It's not only the first egg, but the entertainment we get from them! This morning, while in the run, one starting darting about like it had found a tasty morsel, and the others kept chasing her to figure out what she had....nothing! I think this particular chick (Alice) is pulling their chain...
Got me to thinking about cost to date for my four chicks. $169 for coop kit, $11.00 for the four chicks, water bottle was $7, feed dispenser was $8, three bags of feed to date, $15, heat lamp, $17, material for tractor was $170, brooder bin was $12....first egg will be over $409. Each bird now...