Our beautiful eggs...

We've been very happy just being chicken "farmers" (as Fionna would have us called) but I won't deny there's a huge boost in the satisfaction when you began finding lovely, delicately colored orbs about the coop and the yard. Our hens have been laying for about 10 days and already, we have such a bounty of eggs. The grey/white barred hens lay green and the black hens and brown hens lay brown eggs. There's some variation between the brown eggs; the brown chickens lay more of a salmon tinged egg whereas the black hens lay a pretty uniform tan egg.

The school session recommenced for Fionna just days after the hens began laying. Fionna immediately instituted a rule that we gather "no eggs" without her. I'm happy to comply but Grady only manages to hold out on some days. It's common for any and all family members to step out the back door and eyeball the coop, so as to report which hen is laying. Although we all know when a certain brown one lays as she's mastered her loud and dramatic "b-gawk."

Have I mentioned, we're getting 4-5 eggs daily at this point? Such fun! :)