The disappointment is real

[talkinboutchickens]

I REALLY wanted her to lay a green egg.

At least you got a hen...I tried to get an olive egger twice and got a roo both times First time was Dumpling- he was nasty. Second time was Benny, and he is an angel but a bit skittish.
But I totally understand the disappointment

 

[thlayli]

At least you got a hen...I tried to get an olive egger twice and got a roo both times First time was Dumpling- he was nasty. Second time was Benny, and he is an angel but a bit skittish.
But I totally understand the disappointment

I hatched about 30 eggs last year. Had quite a few cockerels, but I still only ended up keeping 3 pullets. This one, a Marans cross (so definitely brown eggs), and another EE who hasn't started laying yet. The last girl was attacked by a raccoon and nearly lost an eye and half her face is a giant scar, so the trauma during puberty might mean she never lays. I hope she does, but I REALLY wanted a green egg from this one so it didn't come down to Columbo (one-eyed pullet).

 

[talkinboutchickens]

I hatched about 30 eggs last year. Had quite a few cockerels, but I still only ended up keeping 3 pullets. This one, a Marans cross (so definitely brown eggs), and another EE who hasn't started laying yet. The last girl was attacked by a raccoon and nearly lost an eye and half her face is a giant scar, so the trauma during puberty might mean she never lays. I hope she does, but I REALLY wanted a green egg from this one so it didn't come down to Columbo (one-eyed pullet).

I'm very sorry about your hen, but I'm so glad she is okay now!!

 

[thlayli]

I'm very sorry about your hen, but I'm so glad she is okay now!!

Yeah she's fine. The scar is a doozy though. I felt really bad for her during the freezing weather -- it HAD to have ached.

 

[talkinboutchickens]

Yeah she's fine. The scar is a doozy though. I felt really bad for her during the freezing weather -- it HAD to have ached.

She is so beautiful! I can barely notice the scar

 

[5Australorpasaures]

Good news is Easter is coming and you can get white eggs and an Easter Egg dying kit and have all the color you want. I'm here to help, huh?