- Apr 17, 2007
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Oh, I can't believe I can't find the camera!!! I actually squealed, I was so excited. My 9 yo had come in to tell me one of the chickens was in the nesting box this morning, so I went out to look about an hour ago, and lo and behold . . .one perfect looking, little brown egg!
It's so exciting! I've got one chicken in the tractor sortof looking confused, while the others are hiding out under the tree in the backyard, so I'm wondering if she's about to lay, too. It's about 95 degrees today--whew! So I know we've got to check the boxes pretty often so the eggs don't cook in the shell, out there!
Now, if any of these were roosters, I'd majorly be able to tell by now, right? They're New Hampshire Reds, and from the pics online their combs would be huge (wattles too) if they were boys, I think. My husband is scared of eating the first egg . . .do we need to wait and give them some time to adjust or anything? gosh, can you tell I'm not a farm girl? But I wish I had been!
Doing the happy egg dance here!
Misty

It's so exciting! I've got one chicken in the tractor sortof looking confused, while the others are hiding out under the tree in the backyard, so I'm wondering if she's about to lay, too. It's about 95 degrees today--whew! So I know we've got to check the boxes pretty often so the eggs don't cook in the shell, out there!
Now, if any of these were roosters, I'd majorly be able to tell by now, right? They're New Hampshire Reds, and from the pics online their combs would be huge (wattles too) if they were boys, I think. My husband is scared of eating the first egg . . .do we need to wait and give them some time to adjust or anything? gosh, can you tell I'm not a farm girl? But I wish I had been!
Doing the happy egg dance here!
Misty