EGGstravaganza

I'm on the crazy train to eggsville. I have a total of 5 eggs now and all of them have shells except the first one. It must have been a trial egg. 4 of them are small and 1 egg is perfect! I never thought I would be so excited about eggs. I haven't eaten any yet....I'm scared. Silly, I know, but I'm a city girl and still used to eggs coming from the store. I'll work up the courage in the next day or so and let you know how they are.

FIRST EGG!!!

I got the first egg....if you want to call it an egg. I know its for real this time because you couldn't buy this egg in the store. It doesn't have a shell. That's right folks, no shell. For a first time chicken mommy (that's me) this was an interesting sight. If it hadn't been for Joe telling me about seeing eggs like this before, I probably would have been shocked. It feels like those fake breasts you can buy at Victoria Secret. Soft and squishy. Apparently not too uncommon in the chicken world if your chicken is lacking in calcium. There is calcium in their food, but they are not eating that much of it since its hot. They also fill up on stuff outside since they run around in the yard. So I am off to the feed store to get some oyster shells. We girls need our calcium.

Try to imagine if things were different and we laid eggs with babies in them. We'd lay about an eight pound egg and then have to lay on it for a few weeks. Sarah would be a good brooder because she likes to lay around. Imagine the size of the opening that an eight pound egg would have to come out of. Ouch!!!!!

Great News!!!!

Sarah took her TEAS test today and passed. Yah!!!!!!!! I'm totally taking credit since I helped her study. Just kidding, she worked really hard and made it happen. Congrats Sarah! I couldn't be prouder.

No Sugar Tonight

Joe and I scoured the woods and valley one last time and still no sign of Sugar. Since there is really no sign that an animal got her, I prefer to think that she was abducted by a band of traveling Gypsies that worship chickens as their Ruler and feed her all the corn and bugs she wants.

Sad Day

Sugar is missing! No sign of her anywhere. I checked all of her regular haunts. No sign of a struggle. She just disappeared. I hate not knowing if it was a predator attack or she just wandered off and got injured. I did the St. Anthony prayer so maybe she'll show up.