We are so proud of our chickens! They are quite exceptional birds!! Remember, there are only 12 hens...
Today, we retrieved 13 eggs!! One laid double time! What hard workers they are!
We usually collect 9-10 a day from them, which is still wonderful odds!
Friday, September 25, 2009
Unusual bunch of chickens we have
We recently acquired chickens...12 hens and 1 rooster. Our chicken breeds consist of 2 white plymouth rocks, 3 black australorps, 1 dominique, and 7 white leghorns (the rooster fits in this last catagory).
Our lovely chicken band weren't being fed to produce eggs so when we got chickens, we were only getting 1 egg a day. They are older chickens, so we weren't for sure if they would lay well either. Well, needless to say, they are happy chickens now!! On average, we get around 9-10 eggs a day. We are quite thankful for their hard work!!
A couple of days ago, we were quite shocked when we looked into their laying box. This is what we saw...
The egg on top is an average size egg. It measured 2 1/2 inches from tip to tip. The HUGE one measured in at 3 1/2"! I don't think I have ever seen such a big chicken egg!!
The boys know which one laid it. They didn't actually see the act (though, some they have LOL), but the one they suspect laid it was in the box right before they found it and she was some kind of mad...clucking and feathers ruffled. After she jumped out of the box, she was actually salivating!!
Well, this is what we found today...by the same exact chicken that laid the massive one! Look how cute....
The "normal sized" one is on the left. The petite one is well, on the right. The small one measured in at 1 1/2" and the average size one was 2 3/8".
How can one chicken lay such a range in sizes? Anyone know?
Our lovely chicken band weren't being fed to produce eggs so when we got chickens, we were only getting 1 egg a day. They are older chickens, so we weren't for sure if they would lay well either. Well, needless to say, they are happy chickens now!! On average, we get around 9-10 eggs a day. We are quite thankful for their hard work!!
A couple of days ago, we were quite shocked when we looked into their laying box. This is what we saw...
The egg on top is an average size egg. It measured 2 1/2 inches from tip to tip. The HUGE one measured in at 3 1/2"! I don't think I have ever seen such a big chicken egg!!The boys know which one laid it. They didn't actually see the act (though, some they have LOL), but the one they suspect laid it was in the box right before they found it and she was some kind of mad...clucking and feathers ruffled. After she jumped out of the box, she was actually salivating!!
Well, this is what we found today...by the same exact chicken that laid the massive one! Look how cute....
The "normal sized" one is on the left. The petite one is well, on the right. The small one measured in at 1 1/2" and the average size one was 2 3/8".
How can one chicken lay such a range in sizes? Anyone know?
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