Our first EGG!

Our First EGG

I knew the time was getting near.

This is the scene when I come up to feed and put the girls to bed each night.

They all gather in the corner and get very excited.

I call to them....chicky, chicky girls.

I get to the gate and they are right there, so excited.

It is hard to even get in the gate, as they rush it.

One of their favorite things is to gather at AND on my feet

and to untie my shoe laces.   I do not dare wear shorts or 

sandles this summer, they love to peck at my pant legs and

jacket, yesterday one of the girls got my leg through my jeans.  Ouch!

 Hard to believe just 20 weeks ago they looked like this

 They are beautiful birds and friendly, they love attention.

We thought we had all girls but as time has gone by

we realize that our Winnie is a boy (below), he is beautiful and starting 

to be all rooster, so far he is gentle and stays away from me,

which is fine, as long as he behaves we will be fine together.

No crow yet, but I am sure that is just a matter of time.

Today I found our first egg, so exciting!  

Now Kirk has to get nests built.

 Here is a store bought large egg on the left and our first egg on the right.

 I have been looking for the last several weeks for eggs, but by gosh

at exactly 20 weeks one of these little girls started laying.

I wonder if she is the one Winnie was "playing" with yesterday......hummmmmm

It will be interesting to see how soon the others start laying, 

I better be on my toes.

We have one little red hen that has figured out how to fly the coop.

I put her in 3 times today.

She comes running when I come out and the dogs don't bother her

she is learning to head right for the gate so I can open it.

She is one of the littlest so of course she is able to fly higher.

If it were not for her I wouldn't have found that egg for about 

another hour, it probably would have been frozen by then.  

All things work for the good....right?

Ok, that is it for today.  I had better go for now.

Thanks for visiting.

God bless!