There was a pretty strong storm that went through early today, and when I first went out there were no eggs. After the storm there were 4 eggs! I took Joey out for a little walk and peeked into the coop. There was a Buff in the nesting box making some loud noises. Maybe the storm is making them lay later in the day, who knows!!

This weekend I was able to work on clearing up some of my garden. The chickens enjoyed a bunch of lettuce, cauliflower, and some corn on the cob. Since Joey loves lettuce, he was taunting the chickens as they would come close to the fence to get their treat. He keeps them on their toes!

Going out and collecting eggs has made this past week so much fun! The first six days were consistent. One brown egg then the next day a brown and white egg. The past three days we have had 2 eggs each day. I am assuming only 3-4 birds are laying right now. Hopefully each day more and more will start to lay. I cracked open the first egg and put it next to a store bought egg. It clearly has more color, a harder shell and a thicker consistancy. It was mighty tasty too! I am saving the shells to bake, then crunch up to feed back to them. Supposedly this is a great source of calcium for them.

We also clipped all their wings. We had a Red escape to the woods for a full day. She finally came home at dusk. When she flew across the creek we knew it was time to make flying a little challenge for them.

I checked on the chickens earlier today and two were hanging out near the nesting boxes and I think another one was in one of the boxes. We checked the boxes when Abby got home and there were two more eggs laid!

So since one of them is white that means a leghorn laid it. The other egg is a darker brown than last night’s brown egg. So it seems we might have 3 of the breeds laying now. The eggs are still pretty small compared to a store bought Large egg.

Here’s a comparison picture with the first egg, the two from today, and a store bought Large.

We were out doing the nightly rounds and I decided to take a look around the whole coop for eggs. In the first nesting box there was the smallest brown egg!! We had placed golf balls in the nesting boxes about 2 weeks ago hoping they would get the hint that eggs should be laid there. It worked!! I had to do a double take. So now the fun begins…..