Emerald has been looking ready to start laying for a while now. She squats when I get near her and she investigates the nest box every morning when I clean the coop but until this morning I hadn’t seen her go in and sit.
This morning I felt this was the day as she kept looking in each of the little coops. She then went in the left coop and did a lot of scratching around. She came out for the morning greens then went back in and settled.
The next time I went to check on her she was just coming out of the left coop and when I checked there was a warm egg. It was bigger and rounder than the other girl’s eggs and the shell was a slightly darker colour like Sparkle’s eggs.
Peaches and Barley’s eggs are on the left, then Sparkle’s egg then Emerald’s egg on the right
It’s not so clear on a photo but Peaches and Barley’s eggs are an almost luminous white and are round. Sparkle’s always have a more oval shape and have a more creamy colour (sometimes they are a little darker than this one). Emerald’s is slightly bigger and is round and creamy in colour. I am so proud of her.
As she only laid one egg with me last summer she has matched that already and I am sure she will soon be laying many more.
We only have Amber and Toffee to start now. Amber is also looking like it is imminent but Toffee has shown no interest yet. Toffee always has to be different though so may just quietly get on it with it.
It never ceases to excite me as they all start laying again and we are enjoying eating more eggs.
Click here to see the history of my flock.