Today has been full of surprises, galore
Not sure how it happened
But today we laid FOUR
A while ago the birdies were kicking up a fuss outside (Penny screeching that someone was in the nest box) and I could see a brown chicken in the box but I figured it was Maggie dealing with her ranging hormones. Both Penny and Wilson spent some time in the box later the same day after they laid their first eggs. So I figured she just hadn't gotten the memo that the egg was laid already and was goofing off. I ignored it. Then I wondered if maybe one of the ameracaunas had done something interesting so after a bit I went out to peer into the next box.
Knock me over with a feather. A very thin shelled egg. Not blue. Its coating is almost non existent but it was intended to be a brown egg. It's still warm. It has a dent in it because the shell is so thin. There is a smear of blood on it, which I have read can be normal for newbies, and which almost leads me to suspect this egg came from poor Maggie. Maybe the egg in the run wasn't hers but Wilson's I know better than to suspect Penny, and it wouldn't be the first time Wil has dropped 2 eggs in a day) And THIS is Maggie's first egg. No idea, I guess we'll never know.
So yeah, FOUR eggs that have at least some shell on them in one day from THREE hens. I'm shocked.
Oh and before anyone asks, YES I am sure one wasn't from yesterday. Believe me. I am still on eggwatch for the ameracaunas and I spent all day yesterday on eggwatch for Maggie in particular because she was going nuts. I combed every inch of that coop and run several times yesterday and even went out at night with a flashlight to check for midnight rubber egg drops. This morning when I collected the first two, I looked VERY carefully. These all came today.
