Speaking of Australorps, ours laid her first egg today...At least I assume it is her because her comb and wattles are the prettiest bold red right now and she has been going in an out of the coop looking for something for a week now. Now to wait for the Buckeye to start. Her face is starting to redden but not as bold as Sheilas yet. I cooked her egg tonight for the chickies in the brooder, it wasn't fertile yet, haven't seen Raoul do anything but flirt yet either. The chickies just ignored the egg and walked over to get to the feeder that I had just placed feed in... Oh well, maybe it's a sign I won't have egg eaters.
I cut the hatch door finally and put the 3 favs, the Shelley chicks(I've really got to name these two), and cheepers in it. The first things the Favs did was burrow into the fluffy soft shavings. And one decided to take a shavings bath right next to the water so had to raise it up a block.
Meri, now that there are recipes for those chicken block things you can make your own and it won't be as costly as having to order them. Cool huh, gonna try it.