This evening I had the delight of discovering a fresh new egg from one of the younger ladies. It’s hard to say without stalking the hen house whether it was Maude or Florence, but either way I am very excited. Unfortunately the little egg had a little hole on one end. I think this can happen during the first couple eggs, as their system gets all the kinks worked out. Because the egg had an opening, I had to dispose of it rather than eat it.
For some reason Pearl stopped laying eggs sometime last week. I’m not sure exactly what day because I was out of town, but we haven’t seen an egg from her in several days. The temperatures were high last week, so I wondering if it is heat related? Or perhaps Steve’s announcement of his malehood all week was giving Pearl added stress?
The new little egg was a light peach color and quite small. They should get bigger over the next week or two. I am eager to have our counter colander be filled with delicious, multi-colored, homegrown eggs again. I went to make dinner tonight and had to adjust my meal plan – no eggs to use!
I have also been harvesting heaping piles of produce lately, which means lots of new recipes to experiment with from my harvest cookbooks. Can’t wait to share the goods soon!
sometimes the hole in the egg is a peck. most of them do it if the egg sits in there for awhile but especially the young ones.
and they definitely lay less when it gets really hot.