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The first eggs...

Thursday, 21 May 2009

The first eggs have finally arrived!! This morning there were 2 freshly laid eggs in the straw... Amazing! They are supermarket size and surprisingly heavy (I was expecting much smaller ones at first!)... It's very very exciting... I'm not sure which of the 4 chooks to congratulate, but I have now deemed all the chooks name worthy:

• Russet : Our first game hen... smaller than the other chooks, scared of humans, likes to fly and has slowly integrated into the group. Has taught the others how to fly and prevent being put back into the coup during the night. Has learnt how to forage.
• Big Red : The darkest chook and most aggressive of the bunch with a large red crest and a tiny white tail. Always the last one into the coup and always the first to try and escape to eat grass (and the veggies!). Not at all scared of humans. Likes to dig holes.
• Copper : Tends to stay under the radar and follows the crowd.
• Sienna : Has a big white tail and was one of the more aggressive towards Russet initially.

As yet not sure how really fresh eggs taste as these first two are going to Jeannie for winning the original naming competition!

Labels: chickens, eggs

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