Jade finally started laying! And did she ever make a big nest, lol. She fluffed up the nesting material about six inches up on the edges. I think she completely disappears in it when she sits! All of them used her nest today. She had a few stripes of blood on the egg, poor thing.
I know that can happen with first eggs but i still feel for her. She's my littlest one.
So here's a picture of all 4 of today's eggs in a little bowl. Jade's is the blue one. I took the picture outside in natural light. The green/blue of eggs looks different in artificial light. Maybe because we have all fluorescent bulbs, I don't know.
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I love my bantams! Poop is
definitely smaller. I couldn't believe the huge poops when I took care of my daughter's chickens when she was gone. Wow!
Eggs are smaller, but that's ok. There are only 2 of us eating them. I've read from 2 to 2 1/2 bantam eggs equals a large egg. I want to get a scale so I can see what the difference is with mine.
Diamond isn't biting me anymore. She pecked at my hand today but it wasn't they grab on and chomp down like before. I picked her up and carried her around anyway. I think she likes to be carried. I knew Jade was close to laying because she let me pet her and she squatted, plus she was in the nest box a lot today. I've been gone the past week so didn't seethe changes till today. She used to never let me touch her. So I'm happy with the personality changes of laying.
