Another tiny egg

These tiny eggs seem to be a feature of the amigos starting to lay. This morning when I poop picked the chicken shed I found another teeny, tiny, egg under the amigos roost spot. I almost missed it amongst the shavings. It must have dropped from the perch because it had a little hole in it.

I know who laid it by it’s position under the perch.

Another tiny egg on a teaspoon

You can just see the tiny hole in it where it landed.

Next to a pound coin for size comparison

This one is nearly all white with the tiniest yolk

The shell was soft enough for me to break with my finger nails which must be why it cracked on landing in the shavings.

Only Vanilla and Salmon hadn’t started laying out of the amigos so that narrowed it down to two girls as the silky girls perch on the opposite side of the shed. I happen to know exactly where these two girls were perched.

The reason for this is that when I checked in on them at bedtime last night, before closing the door, I thought that there appeared to be only four amigos on their perch. There were no girls on the floor so I was a bit puzzled. I then swept my torch over the amigos and saw that salmon was sitting on Vanilla’s back! This isn’t the first time she has done this. There was no space either side of Vanilla as she was up against the side of the shed.

I lifted Salmon from Vanilla’s back and placed her on the other end of the perch next to Smoke and nearest to the pop hole. The tiny egg was under the perch next to the pop hole. This means that it must be Salmon’s egg.

These girls are all getting started thick and fast. I would have guessed at Vanilla being next as Salmon is the smallest of the amigos but it’s not always anything to do with size. I would also have thought that Jasmine may have started by now but she hasn’t shown any interest in the nest box since her practise.

It is fun seeing them start one by one as I haven’t ever had so many point of lay girls at one time before. I wonder who will be next!