I just hope our lessened daylight hours won't impede their laying. I'm really not wanting to put any lightbulbs in their coop or use electricity, since the coop is up against our house and a coop fire could take out our home as well. I'm so excited that we are getting into the laying phase though. In a most nerdy fashion I kinda feel teary~ my sweet little girls are growing up
Don't worry about the size. They will get bigger as their bodies adjust to laying. Congrats!
Congratulations! I still enjoy my egg collection every day.
That is too funny!For the Blessing of the Animals one Sunday at Church, I brought a box of 4 kittens (hoping to find them homes too) and a Speckled Sussex.
I got the service wrong and the blessing of the animals was during the earlier service so I found myself with the only animals inside of St. John's Episcopal Cathedral.
The kittens were overflowing the box - of course. My daughter had her hands full trying to keep them contained.
The speckled Sussex calmed down the minute the music started and was perfect......Until Communion.
As the priest raised the bread (Big Cracker Wafer) to bless it, the speckled chose that moment to lay her egg and announce her egg was being laid. I was mortified, But when we went up for communion, I brought the chicken and the egg. My daughter had the kittens who finally decided to sleep.
It was not a first egg story but it was the first egg ever laid within St. John's Cathedral in Jacksonville. Every year they still talk about it.
The story has evolved - the last version was embellished to sound like she laid the egg as I presented her for blessing.
We also found a home for two of the kittens which made me very happy.
My chicken was different too after. She walked a little taller - I cannot explain it better than that. She really did seem to like the music.
Caroline
Congrats! It is really neat to see them lay the egg for the first time.
My barred rock, Justin Bieber laid an egg right in front of me today! 3 of my girls started laying within 2 days!!! I saw my rooster show her where the nest box is, which was really cool. She kept checking it out, and he started growling, led her up there and layed down. He got out, she went in and popped the egg out!
Congrats! Love the little white speckles.
Biebs brown egg! She didn't sing an egg song like I was expecting. The laying process was very quiet.
