Cat tails Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 Finally... After three months! My first egg!!! It's tiny, but who cares! It's an egg! Don't know who it is from. Well ofcourse from one of my chickens... Duh! But which of the three ladies blessed me today, I don't know. (Might not truly be the first egg, because I just got them back from boarding. But I'm just going to ignore that... Sssh... ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat tails Posted August 11, 2014 Author Share Posted August 11, 2014 Tadaa! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daphne Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 Can't beat the first egg....well you can beat it, both literally and metaphorically, but you know what I mean Enjoy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat tails Posted August 11, 2014 Author Share Posted August 11, 2014 Considering it's tinyness, I'm going to wait untill tomorrow and hope I get another tiny egg and then make soft boiled egg on bread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purplemaniacs Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 Well done which ever girl it was. Enjoy your little egg. Chrissie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mullethunter Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 Yay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat tails Posted August 11, 2014 Author Share Posted August 11, 2014 I did a little egg dance! (After I put the egg somewhere safe. I wasn't about to loose my long awaited first egg...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luvachicken Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 Well done on getting your first egg You might want to scramble it or poach it though because really fresh eggs don't make good boiled eggs. I am also celebrating a first egg of sorts - haven't had any at all for ages until today Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat tails Posted August 11, 2014 Author Share Posted August 11, 2014 Woohoo! More eggs! I'm hopeless at poaching and it I scramble this egg, my frying pan will probably make this wee egg disappear... I think I'll take my chances with boiling and maybe just spoon it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luvachicken Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 How about fried in one of those tiny frying pans, then it wouldn't look so small Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaryHen Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 I'm sooo jealous Cat Tails ...and pleased for you too; 3 months is a long time. I hope mine dont keep me waiting that long!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat tails Posted August 13, 2014 Author Share Posted August 13, 2014 And today..... Egg 2 and egg 3!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaryHen Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 Woop, woop I got another today which I didn't expect!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat tails Posted August 14, 2014 Author Share Posted August 14, 2014 I had the freshest of freshest eggs ever today. Nutty Nutmeg (whom I suspected was the only one NOT laying yet...guess I was wrong...) went into the box and a minute or two later popped out and there was a perfect little light egg, almost pinkish of colour! My mom got the honours of picking up the still warm egg. So now I know for sure that Nutmeg is laying. Just need to figure out which of the other two is also laying, as I had 2 eggs on Wednesday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mullethunter Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 There's nothing better than getting the egg while it's still warm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaryHen Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 How exciting!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat tails Posted August 19, 2014 Author Share Posted August 19, 2014 I now know that ALL three are laying! Yesterday I got an egg from Ginger. It was tiny (even tinier than the average bantam egg) and it took her most of the afternoon to figure out where you go and what you do. She spent at least an hour in the nest box and shuffled around there for quite some time. I've been keeping track of the eggs on a calendar and I think Cinnamon is laying every other day. Nutmeg hasn't come to an agreement yet with her insides to lay regularly. It's a bit hit and miss so far. The joys of having a holiday! I can look at my chooks ALL day! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purplemaniacs Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 That is good CT. I weigh and record all the eggs my girls lay so I know the heaviest one and how many each have laid. It is quite interesting looking back. Chrissie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat tails Posted August 19, 2014 Author Share Posted August 19, 2014 That does sound interesting! But I already ate them... D'oh! Once back to work, I won't know who laid what. But for now, it's nice to keep track. It gives me an idea how many eggs I can eggspect in a week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
