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Hilda lays first egg, today Easter Day

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My cousin "predicted" that I would have a real Easter egg, and so it came to pass, exactly four weeks since Hilda and Evadne arrived.

 

I went out at 4.00pm this afternoon to give the hens a bowl of warm porridge with a little poultry spice and then thought, "I'll just check the eglu" and there it was: small but complete with shell and uncracked. I gasped, I was so surprised - it is just like a conjuring trick.

 

I brought it indoors and showed it to the dog (who likes a soft-boiled egg very much indeed but he's not having this one!). I will eat it, with all due ceremony, for breakfast tomorrow.

 

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On edit: oh, the weight - a bit less than 50gms - my kitchen scales are not electronic and not sensitive enough for this important record keeping.

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Isn't it amazing when you find the first one! I still feel a little thrill every time I open the eggport and there are perfectly formed eggs in there.

 

Even though you know how it's done, it's still awesome. ':)'

 

I am already thinking about two more hens. I will leave it to the summer but I know what I'd like - a Black Rock (or Light Sussex) and a Bluebelle. They will be named Miss Mapp and Lucia.

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