How Many Eggs Did You Get Today?

[A_Fowl_Guy]

I got my first egg today after 37.5 weeks of waiting from one of my english lavender orpingtons!!! Her 3 lavender sisters and one lavender cuckoo sister have yet to lay...sigh. I figured either my two cinnamon queens or 6 speckled Sussex, all 19.5 weeks, would beat the lavenders but they squeaked it out in the end! The lavenders are beautiful but very slow to lay.

Congrats on your first egg!

 

[Spartan22]

Every two years. I am going to start staggering by buying chicks every year.

That was my thought process until I got some heirloom hens the 2nd year with chickens.

14 eggs today, 14 eggs yesterday.
66 degrees outside today!

Wow, I’ll take that temp - it was 51* here this afternoon I run to the store to pick up drinks and snack for Super Bowl in my shorts & T-shirt, it feels so good w/ windows down.

 

[A_Fowl_Guy]

That was my thought process until I got some heirloom hens the 2nd year with chickens.


Wow, I’ll take that temp - it was 51* here this afternoon I run to the store to pick up drinks and snack for Super Bowl in my shorts & T-shirt, it feels so good w/ windows down.

I just raise RIR. No heirloom for me.

 

[Spartan22]

20/32 Today, all 4 coop windows and 3 doors are wide open today and 6 waterers all got filled up with fresh water from the outside faucets (not frozen today) instead of laundry room faucet.

 

[pennyJo1960]

I got my first egg today after 37.5 weeks of waiting from one of my english lavender orpingtons!!! Her 3 lavender sisters and one lavender cuckoo sister have yet to lay...sigh. I figured either my two cinnamon queens or 6 speckled Sussex, all 19.5 weeks, would beat the lavenders but they squeaked it out in the end! The lavenders are beautiful but very slow to lay.

Congratulations on the first
I have 8 main coop 1 silky we are having a trace of snow first weather like winter this year

 

[PouleChick]

Not got any eggs yet but freezing and gorgeous frost - it is my birthday so I'm just thrilled to have a lovely sunny, cold crisp day! We are going to head out to lunch child free so looking forward to that! Your warmer weather must be heading across the oceans - I've just looked and our temps are due to go right up (17c next week!).

 

[bruceha2000]

Happy birthday @PouleChick !!!!

 

[Spartan22]

@PouleChick HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

 

[PouleChick]

Happy birthday @PouleChick !!!!

@PouleChick HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Thanks you guys! I've just had a lovely nanny nap after a fab lunch out. We went to our local 'Routier' - traditional restaurants serving the truckers - you always get good portions and generally very good food at a great price. This one is in a particularly nice village with a lovely setting - kind of a 'posh' one I'm guessing - although the truckers sit in one area that is much plainer and the others sit out back with lovely views of the terrace garden - I said to hubby maybe they get a different price! It is a 4 course set menu with wine included (for the grand sum of €13,50 )! We had a hot soup (which I needed i was so cold!), then the entrée (which is the starter here in Europe not the main) which is always a buffet of cold meats, pates, salads, boiled eggs etc. Then for main we had the 'plat du jour' which was soooo good - duck breast, roasted endives (not that keen on them but ate them anyway as I was a good girl!), and the most incredible pomme dauphinoise (lots of cream and garlic!). This was all served with unlimited refills of gorgeous crusty bread. Wonderful meal but really needed the nanny nap as never usually drink any wine in the day or eat that much at any time

Desert choices all sounded yum but I chose the chocolate cake:

and hubby had the pear and apple tart.

Still need to go and collect the eggs but sadly now pouring after a gorgeous sunny, cold, crisp morning!

 

[bruceha2000]

3 so far but Nuit got in the nest box when I was down there so i ASSUME at least 4.

most incredible pomme dauphinoise (lots of cream and garlic!)

I had that when we had dinner at my in-laws a few weeks ago. They live in a place where dinner is included in the monthly price. Wasn't sure what it was but figured out it is basically scalloped potatoes. They were good but not incredible.

Desert choices all sounded yum but I chose the chocolate cake

Silly Poule, you live in FRANCE! Of course all the desert choices sounded yum.

and hubby had the pear and apple tart.

Had dinner in a restaurant in Paris MANY years ago. Desert included in the price of dinner. When the waiter brought the desert cart by .... oh my they all looked good. I chose something. He asked "what else?" Two? well OK, I chose a second one. He asked "what else?" OK, I'm feeling a bit gluttonous but chose the pear tart. He asked "what else?" No more, I was feeling WAY greedy and guilty for being so already. That pear tart was