Ribh's D'Coopage

[Ribh]

Titania was in a massive hurry to leave the coop this morning.​

But not before she gifted us her very 1st egg.
So tiny!​

People wait with great excitement for their hens to lay their 1st egg but when we're talking tiny bantams we're talking tiny eggs too. They're hardly worth waiting on. I was sorta hoping for another blue layer but it seems we have another buff layer. Oh well...
Titania's next to one of Beatha's. She doesn't lay a massive sized egg either but she is one of the few of mine still laying. Most everyone else is having a break. She's a dirty layer too. No idea how she gets so much muck on her eggs.

 

[Ribh]

I don't know what's suddenly wrong with the nesting boxes but the girls are abandoning them for more feral pastures. True most of my girls aren't laying but then I have a bunch of younger girls coming on & I should still be seeing some eggs.

I found the joint venture Aoife & Ha'penny secreted on the next door fence line ~ twice! And the stash amongst the crab pots. Titania gave me an eeny~teeny, itsy~bitsy one in a nesting box but when I called every one home I found another buff egg stashed & hidden between the wall & a log. None of my known buff layers lay such a small pointy egg but I have a Vorwerk who loves lying in that particular spot so I am assuming it's hers & I have 2 new layers!

I think my girls may have to be confined for a few days while I work out who's still laying & who's having a little break.

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[MaryJanet]

I don't know what's suddenly wrong with the nesting boxes but the girls are abandoning them for more feral pastures. True most of my girls aren't laying but then I have a bunch of younger girls coming on & I should still be seeing some eggs.

I found the joint venture Aoife & Ha'penny secreted on the next door fence line ~ twice! And the stash amongst the crab pots. Titania gave me an eeny~teeny, itsy~bitsy one in a nesting box but when I called every one home I found another buff egg stashed & hidden between the wall & a log. None of my known buff layers lay such a small pointy egg but I have a Vorwerk who loves lying in that particular spot so I am assuming it's hers & I have 2 new layers!

I think my girls may have to be confined for a few days while I work out who's still laying & who's having a little break.
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It's tiny! I wonder if it has a yolk.

 

[Aussie-Chookmum]

It was very quiet in the house last night and I am up early this morning and the house definitely feels empty. A last Caturday picture of my dear Isabel.
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Isabel was born during a hurricane. Yesterday we had nearly hurricane force winds. It was a fitting bookend to amazing life. She always had style.

Éowyn made me hold her for an hour while she slept this morning. I showed Davis and Éowyn Isabel after she had passed so that they would know. Éowyn's reaction was heartbreaking. If you don't want to cry, don't watch this video. If you want to see how much animals can care for each other, watch it.

My partner this morning.
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surrounding you and your family with hugs Bob.

 

[BY Bob]

Titania was in a massive hurry to leave the coop this morning.​

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But not before she gifted us her very 1st egg.
So tiny!​

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People wait with great excitement for their hens to lay their 1st egg but when we're talking tiny bantams we're talking tiny eggs too. They're hardly worth waiting on. I was sorta hoping for another blue layer but it seems we have another buff layer. Oh well...
Titania's next to one of Beatha's. She doesn't lay a massive sized egg either but she is one of the few of mine still laying. Most everyone else is having a break. She's a dirty layer too. No idea how she gets so much muck on her eggs.
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Congrats! What do you do with the bantam eggs? Those egg cups will be a little big.

 

[BY Bob]

surrounding you and your family with hugs Bob.

Thanks ACM.

 

[rjohns39]

Good evening folks

 

[Grammy60]

Good evening everyone

 

[BY Bob]

Good morning all

 

[Grammy60]

Good morning all

Good morning Bob How are you doing today?