Eggs, glorious eggs!

This is a photo of Theo displaying the first egg laid by one of our hens (Camomile-Mae we think). It was a very exciting moment when we found this little brown egg laying on the ground in the middle of our chicken run. Because the hens are new to this, we forgave them for not using the nesting area.

Over the next few days, more eggs were laid. We learned that each hen will lay an egg that is unique to them. So the paler of the three eggs shown below was laid by Ludwig. We are so proud. We always knew she had it in her.

To date, we have had seven eggs which have quickly been made into omelets and other tasty dishes. In theory, we should be expecting each chicken to lay one egg a day. But so far Pie seems more interested in pecking the other hens thereby establishing her top position in the coop, and Sam has been focusing on escaping (three times so far) into the main garden. We will discuss more about their emerging personalities another time.