I have to admit, it was very stressful for me. I can't tell you how many times I imagined arriving home to a coop full of slaughtered chickens, or worse(?) no chickens at all! I'm pretty sure I had at least one dream about them while we were away. It's a little silly.
Well as soon as we arrived home, before anyone else had even undone their seat belt, I was out and racing back to check on the chickens.
Yes, they all survived. In fact, I think they were getting used to being alone. They all seemed a little unsure of my presence in their run. I opened the door to their coop to make sure their water and food wasn't sitting their totally emtpy (it wasn't) and to my suprise I noticed that the nesting box had seen some activity. The straw and woodchips had been neatly rounded around the edge and most of the fake eggs had been moved or disappeared. Cool!
Even better, as I got my head closer for a better look I noticed that one of those fake eggs was not a fake at all! It was almost identical in color and size to the paper ones I had placed in there.
So after weeks of waiting, one of our hens has begun to lay eggs. It is still just one hen laying, so far she lays for two days and then takes a day off, but the others are sure to follow in her footsteps soon.
I had wondered why our first egg was so large when I had read that most people find that the first few eggs are small. We soon found out that this first egg actually had 2 yolks inside! The subsequent ones have been quite a bit smaller.
So far my daughter has been the only one to taste them- and the verdict is that they are "delicious, and a little sweet."
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