On October 12, my friend Kate texted me this:
She's getting pullet bullets (shown with a full-size egg)!
I will admit to a little pique of jealousy; the four pullets she raised for me haven't laid a thing yet. Then again, I do have older hens so am not deprived of farm-fresh eggs, although they've gotten scarce lately.
Maybe my debutantes need more attention. So Sunday I asked them to pose in their finery.
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| Kate, left, and Splash |
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| Kate, and Splash again |
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| Spangle |
Since I hadn't gotten a very good photo of Lottie on Sunday, I tried again this morning. Much better:
Although this photo makes her look svelte, she is the biggest/heaviest of the pullets, as well as the friendliest. I think she is a White Rock.
Good thing I managed to capture Lottie's portrait before this happened:
Yes, Splash?!? Her forwardness was surprising, since she (and fellow Whiting True Blue, Spangle) are usually quite flighty.
News flash! This morning when I picked up Kate and Lottie in turn, they both squatted for me. I think eggs are imminent!
5 comments:
Oh, yeah, those very first eggs from new girls are so special. Lucky you in that your chicks/young hens will be giving you eggs any day now. We have to wait until December! We're down to an average of maybe 2-3 eggs a day from our dozen OLD birds so are really eager for the new ones to . . . well, grow up!
Well, I'm getting an egg every few days from seven old hens, so yours are doing better than mine, Mama Pea!
lololol! Love those chicken pictures - especially the “when this happened” picture. Laughed right out loud. Felt good after my terrible day yesterday.
Chickens! I really think I could have a lot of fun raising chickens. I wonder what the Condo association would say about that. (Oh, that’s right, I am a board member here. I KNOW exactly what they would say.
Nuts! Its no fun being a board member. But a chicken owner, THAT could be fun!
Loved the post.
Oh I'm excited that your youngens may be about ready to lay their first eggs! I didn't realize that your older ones are hardly doing anything in the laying department. I hope your four new ones do well.
I enjoyed the comments written by other readers.
Chickens... ;-D
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