Morning Glory Farm

An egg in the hand is worth a dozen in the carton!

10:28, Saturday, August 18, 2007 .. 4 comments .. Link
Today Lucy, our nearly 5-mo old Rhode Island Red (see the pictures of her with our grandson from Wordless Wednesday), laid her first egg. I knew something was going on when she didn't meet me at the front of the pen and quarrel to be let out. She was sitting in a corner of the sheltered portion. I went over to see what she was doing and saw that she had dug out a small depression in the dirt. She'd been letting us pet her the past few days and I thought I knew what that was about although I really wasn't expecting her to start laying before mid-September. The books and websites said it would happen when a hen is about 5-1/2 months old.

The ground is fairly hard where she was setting (and I don't want her in the habit of laying eggs on the ground) so I got out a plastic bin I used for indoor seed starting and filled it with pine bedding. I placed it near where she had been. She almost immediately climbed in and began arranging the bedding to suit her. I watched in fascination for a while and then went to get my daughter and grandson. We sat watching and then decided to go in the house for breakfast. When I looked out the kitchen window Lucy was leaving the box and heading to where the rest of the chickens were eating. I walked back out to find this:





Of course I called for Heather and then carried Hunter out to see. It was a great time to talk about how God made Lucy so she could make eggs for us. I love real life teachable moments. The egg is about 2 inches long and I can tell from the feel that the shell isn't as hard as the cage-free eggs I buy at the market. But it is a perfect specimen. I am amazed at the beauty of God's creation.



After all the work of the morning, Lucy's back to acting like herself. I guess building the full-blown chicken house will have to take priority next week instead of next month.



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02:35, Saturday, August 18, 2007 .. Posted by kissesmomof4
It is so exciting to get eggs! I always say thank you to my "ladies" when they leave me eggs. How amazing it is that God created animals to give us nourishing foods like eggs.

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05:58, Saturday, August 18, 2007 .. Posted by PattyMarie
We call our chickens "the girls", even our 2 yr old grandson. He'll go out and say, "Nana, can I feed the girls?"

That's so cool

06:24, Saturday, August 18, 2007 .. Posted by UnlikelyHomesteader
God's creation is so amazing!

You should put this in the Homestead Carnival!

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10:17, Monday, August 20, 2007 .. Posted by ElCloud
The carnival is up! Thanks for entering it. :-)

http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/ElCloud/376195/

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