Clever clever Zelda laid her first egg today. Her comb had been reddening for the past couple of days and I had seen some crouching, but I didn't want to get my hopes up!
I was up at 6.30 to let them out to free-range, checking them every 15 minutes or so . Around 8am she was in the house for a while which is most unlike her but no egg as yet. At 9am she was back in the house but still no egg! A 10am I popped into town, butno egg on my return...
So I decided to leave them alone and got on with the housework. 3pm and all was sunny so I thought I would make the most of the good weather, do some gardening and clean the Eglu ....Lo and behold there it was, waiting for me in the nesting box!
I shouted and screamed and generally made a fool of myself in front of the neighbours....then had a thought "what if the boyf had placed it there to trick me?" But no, it was definitely from my girl as it was smaller than shop-bought eggs - only 40grams (it's the egg on the left in the piccie). But perfectly formed and I am happy to say, very tasty :)
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