Yea.....look what Joel found in one of the nests of the chicken coop last evening. He had gone down to the coop, A.K.A. The Chicken Castle, and was putting the chickens to bed for the night when he decided to check the nests and lo and behold, there was this perfect, light brown egg...just sitting there waiting to be discovered.
He was so excited when he walked back in the door of the farmhouse and pulled his find out of his jacket pocket for me to see. It's fairly small, so, we don't know if it's from one of the guinea hens (who lay smaller eggs than the Buff Orpington's) or if it's just because it's one of the first eggs a hen has produced. Only time will tell.
As more hens start laying eggs we will be able to compare the sizes and eventually they should all be approximately the same size. The egg is kinda dwarfed in the egg dish I bought in anticipation of collecting plenty of eggs daily. Pretty soon we will have enough eggs to make extravagant things such as angel food cake (which requires a dozen egg whites!), and quiches, flan, puddings, omelets and oh, so much more. Let the baking begin!
"Egg"-actly where we should be,
Debbie
