I stumbled out to the coop while the coffee was brewing this morning to let the birds out. They fluttered out into the woods and I started back to the house. About halfway down the path, I realized that I should check for eggs and padded back to the coop.
Top nesting boxes....nothing.
Bottom nesting boxes....wait, did I really see that? It's not a golf ball.
My egg is the pretty little brown one. The white is a large egg from my last supermarket dozen. Chicken experts say that the eggs will get larger over the first year.
And here's Trevor checking it out. I have no idea which bird gave me the egg. It's either my 19 week Barred Rocks or Red Sex Linked.
Congrats!! What a beautiful egg!! Now just to get Peep 1 to like them hehe.
ReplyDeleteI called him at Mimi's this morning. He said "Mmph, I don't like eggs". Thanks Eeyore.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on seeing you hard work pay off! You should have it pickled
ReplyDeleteYeah! What a joy to have the first arrival. :-)
ReplyDeleteHooray!! Well, "Eeyore" is going to have to get with the Plan. Sure is a purty little egg. When are you going to eat it?
ReplyDeleteI'm so happy for you Kristin! So great!
ReplyDeleteYay! I have a friend that raises cockatiels and I know her excitement has never faded from that first egg to the most recent.. but she said there's nothing like when that first egg arrived :)
ReplyDeleteIt really is exciting! I just brought them treats and scoured for more eggs just in case. :)
ReplyDeleteCool!
ReplyDeleteThere's only one thing better than a fried egg ... fried chicken, mmm, mmm, mmm
ReplyDeleteKristin, how long will you have to sit on that egg before it hatches?
21 days, Odie. But this one has a date with dinner.
ReplyDeleteAs for fried chicken, the boys have ganged up with my mom to try to stop me from killing roosters. *sigh*
Yay! The Boys are off the menu. Now I don't have to start the 'Save Dinner' group! :D
ReplyDeleteThat sure is a beautiful egg. My mother and grandmother used to boil eggs in onion skins to obtain that rich brown color at Easter time. The "onion skin" eggs were always prettier than the ones we dyed with those dye tablets from the store. Thanks for that memory. I can't wait to see the blue ones!!!
ReplyDeleteP.S. I about busted a gut watching the video you linked to your "Sic 'em on a Progressive" picture of the day Attack Chicken. I hope all your other readers have bothered to click there.
ReplyDeleteThats eggcellent Kristin!
ReplyDeleteOh Christopher, go to your room!
ReplyDeleteKristin, like Betty Ann, I loved the sic him on a chicken (er progressive) viedo! Who was that Chicken the Detroit Tigers had in hte 70's? And whatever happened to Chicken Man...he's everywhere...he's everywhere.. (bok bok bok bok!)
ReplyDeleteGail Ellen, that was Mark "The Bird" Fydrich. (I think that's how it was spelled)
ReplyDeleteKristin, I'd frame it, and hang it on the wall.
The egg? Won't it get stinky? :P
ReplyDeleteNah...just poke it with a straight pin, blow the inside out, and put two or three coats of polyurethane on it.
ReplyDeleteIt'll be fine.
Or, just scramble it and eat it. Whatever works.
Congrats on the first egg. Hopefully, the first of many more.
ReplyDeleteI love Quail eggs, they are very tasty and great on top of other foods like Sushi.
ReplyDeleteThey are also good for HDL (the good cholesterol)
try them in Chinese Hot and Sour Soup.