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| Nuggets laid her first egg today. |
The chickens are 18-19 weeks old now and from what I've read, that's about the time they start laying. 2 days ago, my daughter and her friend were playing with the chickens and saw something that looked like a brown egg in Nugget's bum. They also noticed she was acting a bit strange and after researching we all came to the conclusion that she was indeed ready to lay an egg at any time. So the watch began. Hannah and her freind watched the birds for hours but nothing. The next day-nothing. It's getting super hot here (112 today) so I thought that may delay the egg production so I went about my business and didn't think much else about it. Last night I put a frozen block of ice in a plastic baking dish so they could peck at it and cool themselves down a bit. This morning when Wyatt and I went out to check on them, I was shocked to see a little tan egg in the water where the ice had been. There was bedding in it and poop and it was just gross, but the little egg was so cute. Soooo exciting!!!! I assume Nuggets was standing on the block of ice when she laid the egg then it melted all around it. There was evidence that she or one of them had been in the nesting box as the golf ball I had put in there was on the ground but no egg in there.
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| Chicken watch party. |
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| First egg!!!!! |
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| This is how I found it. |
So now that they have started laying, I got busy cleaning out the coop, nesting boxes and hooking up their waterer to the automatic drip system in the garden. I'll test it out this afternoon when the sprinklers go off. They go off 3 times a day so the chicks should have fresh, cool water all the time.
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| View from chicken coop looking into the side garden. |
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I drilled a small hole in the top and poked the sprinkler head head in so it fits tight. I also drilled some drainage holes near the top in case of overflow.
Can't wait to see if we have more eggs tomorrow. |
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