Our first egg

Queen B would be disappointed to see this unprofessional photo of her first egg. I assured her there was value in publication. This egg was laid on Monday, September 4, 2007, notable for three events, United States Labor Day, Janmastami - Krishna's Birthday, and Queen B's first egg. There are now 2 more eggs, all compliments of the Queen. Apparently she works a Monday, Wednesday, Friday schedule. Will she take the weekend off? Can she control these things? Stay tuned for more high adventures in Eggs-in-the eglu-land. Getting up each morning is now chock full of excitement. You have heard it suggested 'Get a life!'...well, I did.

Arriauna is growing into a beauty

Arriauna Ameracauna is such a special chickie girl. Do you remember her from the ThreeChickenFarm blog masthead, a tiny chick measured against a clothespin? Now she is a beautiful redhead with a bit of blond-in-the-brain. She has a love of life and would rather fly than walk. Most days find her atop the run more often than along side it, pecking the ground with her sisters. She watches the squirrels in the tree overhead. She watches the Flight For Life heliocopters traveling to nearby Penrose Hospital. Yesterday she listened and spotted high-flying geese. Yes, they were flying north.

When the other three hens rest on the roost in their run, they all face the same direction. Not Arriauna, invariably she will squeeze in between them, facing the other way. She just clucks to a different drummer.

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.