Our first five egg day

Yesterday Bluebell laid her egg in the little coop. This morning she laid in the little coop again. I wondered if Bluebell preferred the little coop because it has more headroom than the nest box. Bluebell is our biggest girl and I know hens have to stand at the moment of expelling their eggs so wondered if this meant the little coop suited her better.

Later in the day I checked the little coop again and found Pepper’s, Honey’s and Amber’s eggs all together. This now seems to have become the preferred nest box, it seems that it may be a prestigious thing. Pepper’s egg was cold but Honey’s and Amber’s were still warm so Pepper was the first to lay. Dotty laid later in the afternoon in the usual nest box. She is the only one not to have shown any interest in the little coop.

This is our very first five egg day. Both the little girls eggs had normal shells and they didn’t look unwell before laying them so perhaps have got the hang of it at last.

Today’s eggs

Bluebell’s egg is on the left, next is Dotty’s egg, then Pepper’s then Honey’s and Amber’s egg on the right. Although Pepper and Dotty are both the same breed I can tell their eggs apart because Dotty’s eggs are slightly darker in colour than Pepper’s. At the moment Amber’s eggs are slightly smaller than Honey’s but when they catch up their eggs will be impossible to tell apart unless the shade of them changes.