Yeah Clementine!!!

[Rare Feathers Farm]

I was out checking the birds yesterday afternoon and Clementine (my favorite chicken) LAID her FIRST egg! She was so proud, too! She literally RAN to me when I opened the door & and then walked back & circled the egg! It was small, very oblong/pointed at one end and kind of lumpy--looked like it hurt coming out! But she laid her first egg!

Now I'm just hoping she gets better.

She had a brutal over-zealous (young) roo peck the back of her head pretty badly (blood was EVERYWHERE on Saturday) so she's on antibiotics and she's isolated from everyone else...but she's eating/drinking and now laying! I'm not eating her eggs, either, BTW....since she's on the meds...

 

[ranchhand]

Congratulations! Yay!

I made Christmas ornaments out of the first eggs I got- red ribbon and little silver bells!

 

[Rare Feathers Farm]

Thanks! Yeah because of her meds I do not want to eat it & unforunately, it's too weird looking for me to incubate it...so I just had to admire it. LOL

 

[Rare Feathers Farm]

Here is a pic of her from this summer--I need newer ones, though!

 

[Buff Hooligans]

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Please tell me the roo is coyote bait now...

 

[Rare Feathers Farm]

Well, he's isolated from everyone else...I'm not sure what to do with him! Of course, he is the most gorgeous GLC roo I have--but I do have a back-up one....Hubby says to trim his beak??

 

[Rare Feathers Farm]

And here is a pic of Clementine's sister--

 

[AllChookUp]

Heather - I don't think any of your pics are posting.

 

[Dandelion007]

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I have found that a Dremel with the round drum sander works excellent with trimming beaks. Just use on the slower setting. The chickens don't seem to mind a bit.

 

[sarahloveschickens]

lol congrats :] very pretty bird