someone new is laying!

yeah thanks Karaandblue  . so if you see a pullet checking out a laying box, as if she is looking at a potential rental property, it might mean laying is imminent? I have to go hang out there so they can relax a little and get about normal stuff - I will be a spy  . wish I had something to warm the cockles of me heart though, bit nippy. They have gotten used to me checking the laying boxes like a stalker now, almost as if I'm a very large chicken with gumboots on! oo, Wallace and Gromit moment, remember the penguin, wears gumboots doesn't it?

Authentic I have a Sylvie, Silver is very nice name. Sylvie is a light sussex, maybe this is a very common theme name amongst the sussex breed. Olive is nice too. All those people who don't name their chickens probably rolling their eyes and being sick on their keyboards right now.   haven't got names for them all, certainly not all the roosters - that is a no-no for me  

Silver's name is actually Friendly. I raised her for the first few weeks, then she went to live with Kara.

My daughter names the chickens. I mostly only remember the roosters and the only-hen-of-that-breed ones. She insists she can tell them apart.

I am having another "new egg" moment.  Yesterday I went to collect the eggs (just about my favorite time of the day   ) and got the best gift.  This is nothing new to all you guys and gals but there was a green egg in there!!!!!  I have two Amerucauna x's (one with Black Australorp and one with RIR)  -  both have the pea combs so I'm hopeful we'll have a few more greenies.  Nothing quite as dramatic in color as yours Karaandblu and Authentic but still, just made my day!  Everyone is beginning to lay out there now (even the bantam, she does one most days) and some very small eggs plus some decent sized ones.  Need to make a new post about what to do with too many eggs if hasn't already been done.

Wowsers!! That color is amazing!!! I love the various colours in your egg basket. It's amazing how beautiful they are isn't it???
Well I sell mine. My girls are ramping up pretty well and I only like to store 8 dozen at a time in the fridge. Otherwise no room for anything else
Congrats on that lovely lovely colour!!!

Pretty!!

One of my white wimps chanteclers laid her first egg today. Still exciting!

I wish I could figure out what to do for the multiquote thing. I push it and it goes sort of pink but nothing else. Would be nice to use it now. You peeps understand, all the pretty colors   . It is no surprise that I have such a range of colors - I have such a range of different chickens out there, think maybe 9 different breeds laying - not all I could have by a long stretch but they are a good range for the now. Those silly single combs, everyone out there with one of those looks a bit "winter worn" - not exactly frost bite but near it maybe.

Authentic why do you call your White Chanties whimps? do they not measure up compared to the Partridge girls? I'm genuinely interested in your thoughts on them. Go your new layer :-).

Karaandblu you must have quite a stash of chickens at your place to keep you with 8 dozen in the fridge! I have about six dozen and am thinking about what to do with them! Might have a couple of people interested in taking some.

Yep. They are wimpy and puny next to the Partridges of the same age. Also, way less personality.

authenticfarm wrote:Yep. They are wimpy and puny next to the Partridges of the same age. Also, way less personality.

Ta Authentic. I have nothing to compare the partridges I got from Coopslave in terms of white Chantecler but they are really hardy, don't sweat the small stuff and I can almost see them thinking things through - there's not a lot of rushing in to engagements willy nilly amongst that crew. And they are quite chunky and I like that, not going to blow over in a puff of wind but still not afraid to get into a bush, most adventurous in the whole bunch so far - only ones to fly over the fence.