Could Queen B be the new mom?
Our first egg! It is a beautiful medium size light brown egg with tiny white specks. Queen B has been SWWAAAK-SWAAAKING a bit lately but 'the books' say they will not lay until 18 weeks old. This is only the 16th week so it didn't seem like an egg possiblity.
Last night I opened the egg door to bring Henny outside for a dusting (she has been scratching her neck feathers out). I glanced down into the nest before reaching in to lift her off the roost. Voila! a lovely little egg in the nest bowl looking so alone because I had not put straw into it after the last eglu cleaning.
Queen B is a Barred Rock. She and the 2 Astralorps produce brown eggs, Arriauna Americauna will lay green/blue eggs, so there are only 3 possible moms of this first egg.
September 3, 2007 appropriately named Labor Day.
2 comments:
Hmmm, I'm wondering if Ariauna is on the right track and the others are the airheads. ;) She seems far ahead of the pack.
You are correct! The other 3 are more tradtional chickens, but Arriauna is one special chick! She is adventurous and curious. She even seems to laugh at herself.
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