1 today, from sweet, dependable Juin. Her 45th in a row!
She laid this one much later in the day than her normal time (11am), so maybe tomorrow she’ll put it off until the following morning. I’d be so happy if she got to take even just one day off.
2 today, from Juin and Juillet.
Juillet was trying to lay yesterday, even sung her egg song, but she waited until this morning to lay it. Every time this happens her egg looks two-toned with bloom, like this:
Neat, right? :)
All 3 today, and Juin is on her 35th consecutive egg now, surpassing Août’s record! The little beige one below, with Juillet’s big round egg on the left and Août’s pointy speckled egg on the right.
Speaking of Août, it rained last night while we were closing all the girls into their coop, and...
All 3 today, though Juillet’s was a bit of a surprise. She was last to lay, and didn’t do so until we were all out foraging. She just stopped in the middle of bug-hunting (out in the open, I might add), strained a bit and then dropped her egg right by my foot. She gave it one good nuzzle to show...
2 today, from Juin and Juillet, who had a sort of showdown over the favored corner of the nest box, which I had to intervene in. Juin was literally trying to squeeze herself underneath Juillet, who would then attempt to drag her back out from under her by the comb. I just booted Juillet out and...
What beauties! :love
That’s so neat that you can identify hens of the same age and breed by voice. I always wondered if I’d be able to tell my girls apart if I got more than one of each breed, so I went with all different breeds to be sure.
I recently ordered another Dominique though, and...